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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hamish tell Rutledge about his ability to finish this case with his reputation intact?
(a) He will need more help.
(b) He should be able to solve the case easily.
(c) He should resign rather than fail.
(d) It will never happen.

2. What is an inquest?
(a) A naming of susects in a murder investigation.
(b) A court hearing such as an arraignment.
(c) A murder investigation.
(d) A judicial investigation into cause of death.

3. What question does Lettice Wood ask Rutledge in Chapter 19?
(a) If he understands the mentality of suicide.
(b) If he has ever been in love.
(c) If he is in love with her.
(d) If he hears voices in his head.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 18, how long has it been since the murder took place?
(a) A year.
(b) A month.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) A week.

5. What does Rutledge learn is the reason for Mavers' strong reaction to a conversation after church services in Chapter 15?
(a) Harris paid his pension, but it will not continue.
(b) Mrs. Davenant has offered him a job.
(c) Lettice Wood is open to courting with him.
(d) Royston accused him of the murder.

6. Where does Rutledge hide out in Chapter 16 in order to review the evidence in the case one more time?
(a) The meadow where the body was discovered.
(b) His hotel room.
(c) Mallows.
(d) London.

7. How does Lettice Wood's revelation of a brief affair with Harris change Wilton's motive?
(a) It removes the possibility of Wilton gaining a title.
(b) It removes the certainty of inheriting Mallows.
(c) It removes the possibility of inheriting a great deal of money.
(d) It removes the certainty of marriage to Lettice Wood.

8. Who does Rutledge go to check on in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Lizzie Pinter.
(b) Hickam.
(c) Warren.
(d) Lettice Wood.

9. Why does Rutledge continue to hesitate to arrest Wilton at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) He believes Dr. Warren had more motive.
(b) He believes Mavers is guilty.
(c) He believes he is missing something.
(d) He believes the traumatized child saw the real killer and it was not Wilton.

10. Why does Redfern tell Rutledge he believes a fight between Harris and Refern the Tuesday before the murder could not have been terribly serious?
(a) Harris walked with her in the garden immediately afterward.
(b) Lettice Wood was happy a few days later.
(c) Harris told him it was just a lover's tiff.
(d) Lettice Wood told him it was not serious.

11. What is Catherine Tarrant's main motive as revealed by her own thoughts in Chapter 17?
(a) All she owes Wilton.
(b) Grief for the loss of Wilton.
(c) Revenge for the death of her lover.
(d) Hope the murderer of Harris will be found soon.

12. What does Rutledge tell Lettice Wood Mark Wilton might do to deal with his guilty conscious in Chapter 19?
(a) Plead guilty to a crime he did not commit.
(b) Run away.
(c) Commit another murder.
(d) Commit suicide.

13. Who does Rutledge learn he saw sitting in the garden while preparing for lunch in Chapter 16?
(a) Catherine Tarrant.
(b) Lettice Wood.
(c) Maggie Sommers.
(d) Helena Sommers.

14. Who does Helena Sommers tell Rutledge has arranged a car to take her to the funeral?
(a) Davies.
(b) Warren.
(c) Royston.
(d) Forrest.

15. What makes Lettice Wood decide Mark Wilton could not have killed her guardian?
(a) His trustworthy reputation.
(b) His admission of having disliked Harris.
(c) His appearance at Mallow and concern for her.
(d) His honest confession of love.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does a witness claim Catherine Tarrant gave money after the murder?

2. How does Lizzie Pinter react in Chapter 14 when Rutledge shows her the doll he found in an earlier chapter?

3. What image has been in Lettice Wood's head since learning of her guardian's violent death?

4. How does Rutledge decide Lizzie Pinter seeing the dead man fall from his horse in the meadow change the evidence against Wilton?

5. Why is Rutledge so determined to arrest Mark Wilton?

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