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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 did a mob try to lynch Mavers in Chapter 5?
(a) He is simply annoying.
(b) He insulted Colonel Harris.
(c) He insisted that Germans are our friends.
(d) He claimed Wilton killed the murder victim.

2. What did Hamish McLeod refuse to do that caused Rutledge to send him to stand before the firing squad during World War I?
(a) He tried to kill Rutledge.
(b) He killed another soldier in their squad.
(c) Refused to leave the battlefield.
(d) Refused to follow a direct order.

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

4. What motive does Lettice Wood suggest Catherine Tarrant might have had to kill the murder victim?
(a) Spite.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Anger.

5. Who does Mavers ask to leave while speaking with Rutledge so that he might speak openly without fear of judgment?
(a) Forrest.
(b) Warren.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Davies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Forrest suggest it was that told the town of Catherine Tarrant's love affair with a German during the war?

2. What about the suspects does Rutledge have trouble identifying with at the end of Chapter 6?

3. Who is Laurence Royston?

4. What does Rutledge say London gave him in the aftermath of the debacle with McLeod?

5. What class of people does Mavers claim are oppressed in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mavers lecture about in public that expresses his unhappiness with the aristocracy in England and particularly Colonel Harris?

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

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

5. Who is Bowles? Why does he dislike Rutledge?

6. What has happened to Hickman in Chapter 7 that angers Rutledge?

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

8. What skill does Rutledge fear he has lost in his experiences in the war?

9. Who do the servants at Harris' estate tell Rutledge were fighting the night before Harris' murder?

10. What does Rutledge see that causes the voice of Hamish to become quite loud for a moment?

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