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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. Who is Ian Rutledge?
(a) Murder victim.
(b) Inspector for Scotland Yard.
(c) German soldier.
(d) Supervisor for Scotland Yard.
2. What emotion is uppermost in the murder victim's mind when he realizes he is dying?
(a) Anger.
(b) Remorse.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Disappointment.
3. What type of handwriting is the letter Bowles received regarding Rutledge written in?
(a) Manly.
(b) Girlish.
(c) Cut out letters.
(d) Typed.
4. What is the Victoria Cross?
(a) A type of pocket watch.
(b) The highest military honor presented to British soldiers.
(c) An award given to pilots in World War I.
(d) A memorial placed in a cemetery.
5. Why does Rutledge return to Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?
(a) To ask if she has any new information in the murder.
(b) To ask if she saw Wilton carrying anything the day of the murder.
(c) To ask her to dinner.
(d) To ask if she saw the murder.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Rutledge say London gave him in the aftermath of the debacle with McLeod?
2. What does Lettice Wood think of Rutledge?
3. What caused the death of Catherine Tarrant's German lover?
4. Who is Catherine Tarrant searching for at the beginning of chapter 6?
5. What illness does Rutledge learn Hickam suffers in Chapter 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is revealed when the author switches point of views at the beginning of Chapter 7?
2. Why was Scotland Yard called in to investigate the murder of Colonel Harris?
3. Who is Daniel Hickam? Why is he not considered a reliable witness in the murder of Colonel Charles Harris?
4. What skill does Rutledge fear he has lost in his experiences in the war?
5. What does Mavers lecture about in public that expresses his unhappiness with the aristocracy in England and particularly Colonel Harris?
6. Who is the prime suspect as supported by the evidence in Chapter 10?
7. Who does Rutledge learn that Catherine Tarrant blamed for the death of her German lover?
8. What is Rutledge's impression of Carfield, the local vicar?
9. What has happened to Hickman in Chapter 7 that angers Rutledge?
10. Who is Helena Sommers? What is unusual about her living arrangements?
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