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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the item Rutledge finds in the meadow in Chapter 12 tell Rutledge?
(a) That Wilton was truthful about his activities that day and there might be another witness.
(b) Wilton lied and he must be the killer.
(c) Wilton told the truth about who he saw the morning of the murder, but where he saw them.
(d) Wilton lied about seeing Helena Sommers the morning of the murder.

3. What does Mrs. Davenant say about Wilton's choice in women?
(a) He could not have chosen a more devoted woman than Lettice Wood.
(b) He always chooses the wrong woman.
(c) He fatalistically falls for women he cannot have.
(d) He has lovely taste in women.

4. Where does Rutledge go to speak to Wilton in the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) The Haldanes.
(b) The Inn.
(c) Mrs. Davenant's.
(d) Mallows.

5. Who remains Rutledge's prime suspect in the investigation as Chapter 12 draws to a close?
(a) Wood.
(b) Wilton.
(c) Mavers.
(d) Tarrant.

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

7. Who was the first to suggest calling off the wedding between Lettice Wood and Mark Wilton?
(a) Mark Wilton.
(b) Colonel Harris.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) Mrs. Davenant.

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

9. How does Lizzie Pinter react in Chapter 14 when Rutledge shows her the doll he found in an earlier chapter?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She hugs Rutledge.
(c) She tells about seeing a dead body.
(d) She screams.

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

11. Who does Lizzie Pinter look like, as pointed out by Hamish at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Lettice Wood.
(b) Jean.
(c) Catherine Tarrant.
(d) Maggie Sommers.

12. Who does Rutledge tell Lettice Wood he plans to arrest at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) Warren.
(b) Mavers.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Hickam.

13. Redfern did not want who treating him when he was in hospital during the war?
(a) Catherine Tarrant.
(b) Helena Sommers.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) Sally Davenant.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rutledge vow to do at the end of the novel?

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

3. What does Lettice Wood say about Rutledge's progress with the investigation in chapter 12?

4. What makes Lettice Wood decide Mark Wilton could not have killed her guardian?

5. What does Rutledge have trouble picturing when he returns to the meadow where the murder victim was discovered?

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