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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Agnes Farrell?
(a) Grandmother to Lizzie Pinter.
(b) Grandmother to Helena Sommers.
(c) Grandmother to Catherine Tarrant.
(d) Grandmother to Lettice Wood.

4. Why does Rutledge become angry in Chapter 7 while talking with Lettice Wood?
(a) She is more courageous than his former fiancee Jean.
(b) She will not answer his questions.
(c) She reminds him of his mother.
(d) She is beautiful but he can never have her.

5. Who first mentions Mavers to Rutledge while he is doing interviews?
(a) Miss Wood's maid.
(b) Mark Wilton.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) Mrs. Davenant.

6. Who is in charge of the murder investigation, as Rutledge learns at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Sergeant Davies.
(b) Inspector Forrest.
(c) Pastor Carfield.
(d) Captain Mark Wilton.

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

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

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

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

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

12. With whom does Rutledge learn in Chapter 2 the murder victim fought the night before his death?
(a) Hickam.
(b) Mavers.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) Wilton.

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

14. Which veterans of the war does Wilton suggest are the worst off?
(a) Those who never saw battle.
(b) Those with physical injuries.
(c) Those who lost family members.
(d) Those with mental instability who do not know the war is over.

15. Who does Davies say is a spineless coward in Chapter 2?
(a) Harris.
(b) Hickam.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Carfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds the body of the murder victim?

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

3. What does Mrs. Davenant have to say about the murder victim in Chapter 3?

4. What has Bowles received that causes him some pleasure when it comes to dealing with Rutledge?

5. What alibi does Inspector Forrest present to Rutledge for Mavers in Chapter 6?

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