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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 bury him with the rosary he held so dear.
(c) A chance to lay a rose with his body.
(d) A chance to say goodbye.

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

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

4. What causes Hickam's testimony to be confusing as Rutledge is finally able to interrogate him in Chapter 15?
(a) References to non-existent people.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Drugs.
(d) References to the war.

5. For whom did Mavers' father work?
(a) Colonel Harris.
(b) The Haldanes.
(c) Catherine Tarrant.
(d) Mr. Davenant.

6. What does Rutledge ask Lettice Wood to go over with him one last time in Chapter 12?
(a) Her final evening with her guardian.
(b) Catherine Tarrant's grudge against herself and her guardian.
(c) Wilton's motive for murder.
(d) Mavers' motive for murder.

7. Who is the one character Rutledge most wants to interrogate in the murder investigation?
(a) Harris.
(b) Hickam.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Mavers.

8. Who does Rutledge ask for an opinion about the murder case in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Captain Wilton.
(b) Hickam.
(c) Catherine Tarrant.
(d) Dr. Warren.

9. What gossip does Rutledge hear in Chapter 14 as he questions the villagers about Mavers?
(a) That Mark Wilton only wanted to marry Lettice Wood for her money.
(b) That Catherine Tarrant has a new lover.
(c) That it is inappropriate for the Sommers sisters to live so far in the country alone.
(d) That Lettice Wood was having an affair with the murder victim.

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

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

12. Who objects loudly to Rutledge's decision to postpone arresting Wilton?
(a) Davies.
(b) Forrest.
(c) Hamish McLeod.
(d) Bowles.

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

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

15. What does Rutledge realize he is lacking in Chapter 13 as to his list of suspects?
(a) A motive.
(b) Evidence.
(c) Emotion.
(d) A murder weapon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What motive does Wilton have for murdering Harris?

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

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

4. What does Mark Wilton spend the end of Chapter 17 doing?

5. What does Lettice Wood admit to in the end of Chapter 19?

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