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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 image has been in Lettice Wood's head since learning of her guardian's violent death?
(a) His smiling face as she last saw it.
(b) A bloody shirt front.
(c) A bloody mass of flesh.
(d) His mangled body.

2. What does Wilton continuously refuse to answer each time Rutledge asks?
(a) What his relationship with Lettice Wood is truly like.
(b) Why he broke up with Catherine Tarrant.
(c) What his fight with the murder victim was about.
(d) What his relationship with his cousin is.

3. What does Rutledge dream of doing when this case is over as discussed in Chapter 13?
(a) Train a sergeant to help with his case load.
(b) Go on a long vacation.
(c) Visit a hypnotist to help rid him of Hamish McLeod.
(d) Take early retirement.

4. How did Harris reveal unrequited feelings for Lettice Wood on the Tuesday before his death?
(a) He told a servant.
(b) He announced them.
(c) He wrote her a letter.
(d) He kissed her.

5. What is the topic of conversation when Rutledge first arrives to speak with Wilton at the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) Lettice Wood.
(b) The canceled wedding.
(c) The funeral arrangements.
(d) Catherine Tarrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Lettice Wood ask Rutledge in Chapter 19?

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

3. Where does Rutledge hide out in Chapter 16 in order to review the evidence in the case one more time?

4. Who objects loudly to Rutledge's decision to postpone arresting Wilton?

5. Who is Lettice Wood?

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