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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rutledge become angry in Chapter 7 while talking with Lettice Wood?
(a) She will not answer his questions.
(b) She reminds him of his mother.
(c) She is beautiful but he can never have her.
(d) She is more courageous than his former fiancee Jean.

2. When does Catherine Tarrant claim a person never knows fear?
(a) When they know they have justice on their side.
(b) When they have all the money they could need.
(c) When they have all they ever wanted.
(d) When they have nothing to lose.

3. What illness does Rutledge learn Hickam suffers in Chapter 7?
(a) Liver disease.
(b) A head injury.
(c) Kidney disease.
(d) Alcohol poisoning.

4. Who, as revealed in Chapter 10, is receiving a pension from an unknown source?
(a) Wilton.
(b) Davies.
(c) Mavers.
(d) Harris.

5. What does Rutledge have trouble doing at the end of Chapter 4 that worries him about his ability to solve the case?
(a) Concentrating on testimony.
(b) Understanding the method of death.
(c) Reading the evidence.
(d) Getting into the mind of the murder victim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rutledge suggest to Wilton might have been the real murderer?

2. What does Rutledge find unusual about the nurse's attitude toward Hickam in Chapter 9?

3. Who, as described in Chapter 5, died in the Boer War?

4. For whom does Ted Pinter work?

5. What emotion is uppermost in the murder victim's mind when he realizes he is dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the prime suspect as supported by the evidence in Chapter 10?

2. What does Wilton deny doing the morning of the murder that goes directly against eye witness testimony?

3. What does Rutledge think of the reunion between Lettice Wood and Captain Wilton in Chapter 9?

4. Who is Hamish McLeod? What is his connection to Rutledge?

5. Why does Dr. Warren claim he felt it necessary to sedate Lettice Wood after the death of her guardian?

6. What does Rutledge find unusual about Lettice Wood's manner in Chapter 2?

7. Why does Wilton refuse to answer questions about Catherine Tarrant? What does he chose to talk about instead?

8. What does Rutledge note as odd in Wilton's behavior toward Lettice in the aftermath of Harris' murder?

9. Who is Daniel Hickam? Why is he not considered a reliable witness in the murder of Colonel Charles Harris?

10. Who is Helena Sommers? What is unusual about her living arrangements?

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