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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lettice Wood claim was taken from her by the refusal to allow her to see her guardian's body one last time?
(a) A chance to give him one last kiss.
(b) A chance to say goodbye.
(c) A chance to lay a rose with his body.
(d) A chance to bury him with the rosary he held so dear.

3. How does Lizzie Pinter react to the sight of her father in Chapter 14?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She screams.
(c) She is joyful.
(d) She is frightened.

4. What does Rutledge realize about Maggie Sommers as he approaches her home the day of the funeral?
(a) She is related to a distant cousin.
(b) He does not like her.
(c) She is insignificant to the investigation.
(d) He underestimated her.

5. What does Lettice Wood say about Rutledge's progress with the investigation in chapter 12?
(a) That he should look closely at Wilton.
(b) That he should look elsewhere for the killer.
(c) That he is progressing faster than expected.
(d) That he is slow in solving it.

6. Who does Lettice Wood remind Rutledge of?
(a) Jean.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Helena.
(d) His sister.

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

8. Who does Forrest believe is the source of Mavers' pension?
(a) Wilton.
(b) Lettice Wood.
(c) Mr. Davenant.
(d) Catherine Tarrant.

9. What does Rutledge threaten when Rutledge tells him of the evidence mounting against him?
(a) To have his friends beat him up.
(b) To fight to have him fired from Scotland Yard.
(c) To have him arrested for defamation of character.
(d) To fight him in court.

10. What is the topic of conversation when Rutledge first arrives to speak with Wilton at the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) The canceled wedding.
(b) Lettice Wood.
(c) Catherine Tarrant.
(d) The funeral arrangements.

11. Where does Rutledge go in the middle of the night to try to figure out the logistics of the murder?
(a) The meadow.
(b) The Inn.
(c) The Haldane property.
(d) The town square.

12. Who does Mavers wait to speak with after the church services in Chapter 15?
(a) Mrs. Davenant.
(b) Royston.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Lettice Wood.

13. For whom does Catherine Tarrant beg Rutledge to be sure of the evidence in Chapter 17?
(a) Hickam.
(b) Wilton.
(c) Mavers.
(d) Davies.

14. Where does Maggie tell Rutledge Helena is when he confronts her in Chapter 20?
(a) The funeral.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The Inn.

15. Why does Royston tell Rutledge Sally Davenant chose to become a nurse during the war?
(a) To find a new husband.
(b) To help her fellow villagers.
(c) To help her country.
(d) To keep busy while waiting for word on her cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rutledge hear as he approaches the Sommers' cottage in Chapter 20?

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

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

4. Who does Lizzie Pinter look like, as pointed out by Hamish at the end of Chapter 18?

5. Where does Rutledge hide out in Chapter 16 in order to review the evidence in the case one more time?

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