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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rutledge go to visit Mrs. Davenant in Chapter 3?
(a) Wilton often visits her. She can offer an alibi for the day of the murder.
(b) Wilton often visits her. She is known to influence his behavior.
(c) Wilton lives with her. She can report on his actions the day of the murder.
(d) Wilton lives with her. She can keep him under supervision during the investigation.

2. Who does Forrest suggest it was that told the town of Catherine Tarrant's love affair with a German during the war?
(a) Carfield.
(b) Wilton.
(c) Davies.
(d) Warren.

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

4. Who is Lettice Wood?
(a) Harris' ward.
(b) Harris' fiancee.
(c) Harris' cousin.
(d) Harris' daughter.

5. Who does Davies think should be recorded as the murderer in Chapter 7?
(a) Lettice Wood.
(b) Wilton.
(c) Persons unknown.
(d) Harris.

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

7. Why did a mob try to lynch Mavers in Chapter 5?
(a) He claimed Wilton killed the murder victim.
(b) He insisted that Germans are our friends.
(c) He insulted Colonel Harris.
(d) He is simply annoying.

8. When does Catherine Tarrant claim a person never knows fear?
(a) When they have all the money they could need.
(b) When they have nothing to lose.
(c) When they know they have justice on their side.
(d) When they have all they ever wanted.

9. Where is the body of the murder victim found?
(a) In a bedroom.
(b) In a meadow.
(c) In a dining room.
(d) In a corn field.

10. Who is Laurence Royston?
(a) Harris' cousin.
(b) Harris' best friend.
(c) Harris' butler.
(d) Harris' man of business.

11. Which villager does Rutledge recall in Chapter 4 that he saw during his own time in the war?
(a) Wilton.
(b) Harris.
(c) Mavers.
(d) Hickam.

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

13. Who is Colonel Harris?
(a) A poor veteran of World War I.
(b) A wealthy gentleman who is murdered.
(c) A supervisor at Scotland Yard.
(d) The husband of Lettice Wood.

14. Who is Sally Davenant?
(a) Wilton's mistress.
(b) Wilton's cousin.
(c) Wilton's former fiancee.
(d) Wilton's sister.

15. What response does Catherine Tarrant receive when she asks a person in Chapter 6 to model for a painting?
(a) The person would rather work in the fields.
(b) The person would rather starve than take money from Tarrant.
(c) The person would like to but her parents would not approve.
(d) The person would like to but is afraid of public scandal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Victoria Cross?

2. Who does Rutledge resolve at the end of Chapter 10 to learn more about?

3. Who does Mavers ask to leave while speaking with Rutledge so that he might speak openly without fear of judgment?

4. What does Lettice Wood think of Rutledge?

5. What does Rutledge say London gave him in the aftermath of the debacle with McLeod?

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