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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused the death of Catherine Tarrant's German lover?
(a) Diptheria.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Rheumatic fever.

2. Who is Lettice Wood's fiance?
(a) Mavers.
(b) Colonel Harris.
(c) Captain Mark Wilton.
(d) Hickam.

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

4. Who owns the house where the Sommers sisters live?
(a) Captain Wilton.
(b) A family called Haldanes.
(c) A family called Warren.
(d) Colonel Harris.

5. Who does Rutledge learn was engaged to Wilton during the war?
(a) Catherine Tarrant.
(b) Helena Sommers.
(c) Mrs. Davanent.
(d) Lettice Wood.

6. Who saves Mavers from the murderous mob in Chapter 5?
(a) Rutledge.
(b) Harris.
(c) Tarrant.
(d) Wilton.

7. What item in Mavers' house does Hamish find for Rutledge in Chapter 5?
(a) A shotgun.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A canister of poison.
(d) A knife.

8. Who does Wilton recall meeting on his morning walk the day of the murder?
(a) Maggie Sommers and a child.
(b) Hickam and a woman of ill repute.
(c) Helena Sommers and a child who had lost her doll.
(d) Catherine Tarrant and her new lover.

9. Where is Scotland Yard?
(a) Paris.
(b) East Hampton.
(c) Cairo.
(d) London.

10. What does Rutledge notice about the personality of Helena's sister when he meets her in Chapter 7?
(a) She is shy and reserved.
(b) She is ugly and unpleasant.
(c) She is promiscuous and flirty.
(d) She is outgoing and confident.

11. 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 have all they ever wanted.
(d) When they know they have justice on their side.

12. What is the point of view of this novel?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) Second person.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person omniscient.

13. What type of accident is Royston in that forces him to borrow money from Harris to make it right?
(a) A bicycle accident.
(b) A car accident.
(c) A boating accident.
(d) A plane crash.

14. Who gives Mavers the item Rutledge finds in his home in Chapter 5?
(a) Mr. Davenant.
(b) Captain Wilton.
(c) Inspector Forrest.
(d) Mrs. Davenant.

15. Who is Catherine Tarrant searching for at the beginning of chapter 6?
(a) Davies.
(b) Hickam.
(c) Warren.
(d) Carfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality does one of Lettice Wood's suggest for a secret lover Catherine Tarrant had?

2. What does Lettice Wood's violent reaction to the question of whether or not Catherine Tarrant had shot the murder victim cause Rutledge to realize about her?

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

4. What about the suspects does Rutledge have trouble identifying with at the end of Chapter 6?

5. Who, as described in Chapter 5, died of drowning?

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