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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 does Rutledge say London gave him in the aftermath of the debacle with McLeod?
(a) A medal.
(b) His resignation.
(c) A promotion.
(d) A raise.

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

3. What does Lettice Wood's violent reaction to the question of whether or not Catherine Tarrant had shot the murder victim cause Rutledge to realize about her?
(a) She does not care who committed the murder.
(b) She knows who committed the murder.
(c) She is the one who committed the murder.
(d) She does not know who committed the murder.

4. What does Mr. Pinter do for a living?
(a) He is a coal miner.
(b) He is a groom.
(c) He is a farmer.
(d) He is a sheep herdsman.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Catherine Tarrant ask to model for one of her paintings in Chapter 6?

3. What is the Victoria Cross?

4. Who does Rutledge run into in Chapter 5 after leaving Mavers?

5. What did Hamish McLeod refuse to do that caused Rutledge to send him to stand before the firing squad during World War I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is Rutledge's impression of Carfield, the local vicar?

7. What does Rutledge learn about Catherine Tarrant that might provide motive for her to kill Harris?

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

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

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

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