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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, as described in Chapter 5, prevented Mavers from joining the Army at the beginning of World War I?
(a) Royston.
(b) Warren.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Harris.

2. Where is the body of the murder victim found?
(a) In a meadow.
(b) In a corn field.
(c) In a bedroom.
(d) In a dining room.

3. Why does Lettice Wood lie to her maid about her crying jag in Chapter 9?
(a) To protect Wilton.
(b) To protect Rutledge.
(c) To avoid gossip.
(d) To hide her true feelings.

4. Why does Rutledge return to Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?
(a) To ask if she saw Wilton carrying anything the day of the murder.
(b) To ask her to dinner.
(c) To ask if she has any new information in the murder.
(d) To ask if she saw the murder.

5. What does Hamish imply to Rutledge as Rutledge listens to Lettice Wood and Mark Wilton discuss the cancellation of their wedding?
(a) He will never have so many women fight for his affections.
(b) He cannot separate himself from the women in the case.
(c) He will never have a woman like Lettice Wood.
(d) He cannot understand the women in the case.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Pinter do for a living?

2. Who owns the house where the Sommers sisters live?

3. What is guarding the Sommers home when Rutledge arrives in Chapter 7?

4. What does Mrs. Davenant have to say about the murder victim in Chapter 3?

5. Who does Davies say is a spineless coward in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Harris stop Mavers from joining the military as Mavers describes it in Chapter 5?

2. What is ironic about the death of Hamish McLeod as described in Chapter 9?

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

4. In Chapter 9, what does Dr. Warren believe is wrong with Lizzie Pinter?

5. Why was Scotland Yard called in to investigate the murder of Colonel Harris?

6. What does Rutledge feel is unusual about the position in which the body of Colonel Harris was found?

7. Who does Rutledge learn that Catherine Tarrant blamed for the death of her German lover?

8. Why does Mrs. Davenant urge Captain Wilton to visit Lettice Wood at Mallows?

9. What is revealed when the author switches point of views at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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

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