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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. What type of handwriting is the letter Bowles received regarding Rutledge written in?
(a) Cut out letters.
(b) Typed.
(c) Girlish.
(d) Manly.
2. Who does Rutledge run into in Chapter 5 after leaving Mavers?
(a) Royston.
(b) Tarrant.
(c) Warren.
(d) Wilton.
3. Who does Rutledge resolve at the end of Chapter 10 to learn more about?
(a) Lettice Wood.
(b) Sergeant Davies.
(c) Catherine Tarrant.
(d) Mark Wilton.
4. Who or what was the Victoria Cross named for?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) Victoria Principal.
(c) Victory in the Pacific.
(d) Victory in Europe.
5. Why does Lettice Wood lie to her maid about her crying jag in Chapter 9?
(a) To avoid gossip.
(b) To hide her true feelings.
(c) To protect Wilton.
(d) To protect Rutledge.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Rutledge tell Bowles when he calls from Scotland Yard in Chapter 9?
2. Who answers the door when Rutledge arrives at Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?
3. What alibi does Inspector Forrest present to Rutledge for Mavers in Chapter 6?
4. Who does the doctor tell Rutledge the town is about to lynch at the end of Chapter 4?
5. Does the doctor think Hickam will be able to provide helpful information in the investigation?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Rutledge find unusual about Lettice Wood's manner in Chapter 2?
2. What does Wilton deny doing the morning of the murder that goes directly against eye witness testimony?
3. Who does Rutledge give money to at the end of Chapter 6? For what reason?
4. What does Rutledge see that causes the voice of Hamish to become quite loud for a moment?
5. What is Rutledge's impression of Carfield, the local vicar?
6. Who is Helena Sommers? What is unusual about her living arrangements?
7. Who does Rutledge learn that Catherine Tarrant blamed for the death of her German lover?
8. What has happened to Hickman in Chapter 7 that angers Rutledge?
9. What is revealed when the author switches point of views at the beginning of Chapter 7?
10. What does Mavers lecture about in public that expresses his unhappiness with the aristocracy in England and particularly Colonel Harris?
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