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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What motive does Lettice Wood suggest Catherine Tarrant might have had to kill the murder victim?
(a) Anger.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Spite.
(d) Insanity.

2. Why does Rutledge find himself forced to shoot McLeod after he faced the firing squad?
(a) The firing squad failed to kill McLeod.
(b) McLeod managed to escape the firing squad.
(c) McLeod asked for Rutledge to fire the fatal shot.
(d) The firing squad chickened out in killing McLeod.

3. Who is the one character Rutledge most wants to interrogate in the murder investigation?
(a) Mavers.
(b) Wilton.
(c) Hickam.
(d) Harris.

4. Does the doctor think Hickam will be able to provide helpful information in the investigation?
(a) Yes, when he wakes.
(b) Yes, but not until he enters rehab and beats the alcohol.
(c) No, he could not have seen anything the morning of the murder due to alcohol use.
(d) No, never.

5. What is guarding the Sommers home when Rutledge arrives in Chapter 7?
(a) A goose.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, as described in Chapter 5, died in the Boer War?

2. Why does Lettice Wood lie to her maid about her crying jag in Chapter 9?

3. Why does Royston tell Rutledge Sally Davenant chose to become a nurse during the war?

4. What caused the death of Catherine Tarrant's German lover?

5. Who is Sally Davenant?

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