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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the real Helena Sommers?
(a) The child Royston killed in a plane crash.
(b) Royston's lover.
(c) The girl Royston killed in his car accident.
(d) Royston's love child.

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

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

4. What does Rutledge want to know about Mavers' actions the morning of the murder?
(a) To learn which scholars he quotes in his speeches.
(b) To verify his alibi.
(c) To learn if he could have slipped away.
(d) To find out what he was saying about the murder victim.

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

6. What question does Rutledge repeatedly ask Lettice Wood that she refuses to answer?
(a) What did Wilton know about Harris' business deals?
(b) What did Harris think of Wilton?
(c) Who murdered Harris?
(d) Why would Harris call off her wedding?

7. How did Harris reveal unrequited feelings for Lettice Wood on the Tuesday before his death?
(a) He announced them.
(b) He wrote her a letter.
(c) He kissed her.
(d) He told a servant.

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

9. Why does Rutledge wake Lettice in the middle of the night in the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) He knows who killed Harris and wants to test his theory.
(b) He needs Lettice to confirm what Harris was wearing the morning he died.
(c) He is in need of comfort and information.
(d) He wants Lettice to tell him what kind of guns Wilton knows how to use.

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

11. Why does Rutledge often go to church while investigating a murder?
(a) He enjoys ritual.
(b) It helps him deal with Hamish.
(c) It helps him get a feel for the villagers and suspects.
(d) He is a highly religious man.

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

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

14. Why is Rutledge so determined to arrest Mark Wilton?
(a) He has to arrest someone.
(b) He has no alternative.
(c) He thinks he is guilty.
(d) He dislikes him.

15. What does Rutledge vow to do at the end of the novel?
(a) Fight for his sister's love.
(b) Fight for his sanity.
(c) Fight for his fiancee.
(d) Fight for his reputation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rutledge learn he saw sitting in the garden while preparing for lunch in Chapter 16?

2. What does Rutledge realize is the only evidence against Mark Wilton at the end of Chapter 14?

3. What does Lettice Wood accuse Rutledge of doing during their interview at the end of Chapter 16?

4. Who is the one character Rutledge most wants to interrogate in the murder investigation?

5. Where does Hickam say he saw the murder victim argue with Mark Wilton the morning of the murder?

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