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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What label was Mavers given, as described in Chapter 5, that he chose to live up to?
(a) Philosopher.
(b) Scholar.
(c) Troublemaker.
(d) Drunk.

2. What does Lettice Wood think of Rutledge?
(a) He is cold.
(b) He is crazy.
(c) He is good at his job.
(d) He is goodlooking.

3. What did Hamish McLeod refuse to do that caused Rutledge to send him to stand before the firing squad during World War I?
(a) Refused to follow a direct order.
(b) Refused to leave the battlefield.
(c) He tried to kill Rutledge.
(d) He killed another soldier in their squad.

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

5. Who does Rutledge resolve at the end of Chapter 10 to learn more about?
(a) Catherine Tarrant.
(b) Sergeant Davies.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) Mark Wilton.

6. What nationality does one of Lettice Wood's suggest for a secret lover Catherine Tarrant had?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

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

8. Who does Mavers ask to leave while speaking with Rutledge so that he might speak openly without fear of judgment?
(a) Davies.
(b) Forrest.
(c) Warren.
(d) Wilton.

9. Who, as described in Chapter 5, prevented Mavers from joining the Army at the beginning of World War I?
(a) Wilton.
(b) Warren.
(c) Royston.
(d) Harris.

10. Who, as described in Chapter 5, died in the Boer War?
(a) Mavers' sister.
(b) Mavers' brother.
(c) Mavers' father.
(d) Mavers' cousin.

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

12. Who is Redfern?
(a) The ward of the murder victim.
(b) Rutledge's assistant.
(c) The nephew of the innkeeper, an injured former soldier.
(d) The nephew of Catherine Tarrant, a mentally disturbed teen.

13. Who does Rutledge run into in Chapter 5 after leaving Mavers?
(a) Royston.
(b) Tarrant.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Warren.

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

15. Who arrives at Mallows while Rutledge is still in the company of Lettice Wood in Chapter 9?
(a) Dr. Warren.
(b) Catherine Tarrant.
(c) Mark Wilton.
(d) Sergeant Davies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Davies say is a spineless coward in Chapter 2?

2. What does Rutledge have trouble doing at the end of Chapter 4 that worries him about his ability to solve the case?

3. Who is Catherine Tarrant searching for at the beginning of chapter 6?

4. What is the Victoria Cross?

5. Which veterans of the war does Wilton suggest are the worst off?

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