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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 does Rutledge tell Lettice Wood Mark Wilton might do to deal with his guilty conscious in Chapter 19?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Plead guilty to a crime he did not commit.
(c) Run away.
(d) Commit another murder.

2. What does Mrs. Davenant have to say about the murder victim in Chapter 3?
(a) He is kind and had no enemies.
(b) She thought he was annoying.
(c) He was cruel and everyone wanted to kill him.
(d) She knew he was interfering in Wilton's relationship with his fiancee.

3. Where does Rutledge go in the middle of the night to try to figure out the logistics of the murder?
(a) The meadow.
(b) The Inn.
(c) The Haldane property.
(d) The town square.

4. What does Rutledge learn is the reason for Mavers' strong reaction to a conversation after church services in Chapter 15?
(a) Mrs. Davenant has offered him a job.
(b) Royston accused him of the murder.
(c) Lettice Wood is open to courting with him.
(d) Harris paid his pension, but it will not continue.

5. For whom does Ted Pinter work?
(a) The Haldanes.
(b) The Warrens.
(c) The Harrises.
(d) The Davenants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rutledge ask for an opinion about the murder case in the beginning of Chapter 13?

2. With whom does Rutledge learn in Chapter 2 the murder victim fought the night before his death?

3. What does Rutledge vow to do at the end of the novel?

4. What motive does Lettice Wood suggest Catherine Tarrant might have had to kill the murder victim?

5. Why is Rutledge so determined to arrest Mark Wilton?

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