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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 owns the house where the Sommers sisters live?
(a) Captain Wilton.
(b) A family called Haldanes.
(c) A family called Warren.
(d) Colonel Harris.

2. What does Rutledge find unusual about the nurse's attitude toward Hickam in Chapter 9?
(a) She is callous and cold.
(b) She is indifferent.
(c) She is surprisingly cruel.
(d) She is surprisingly kind.

3. 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.

4. Who first mentions Mavers to Rutledge while he is doing interviews?
(a) Lettice Wood.
(b) Miss Wood's maid.
(c) Mark Wilton.
(d) Mrs. Davenant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the doctor tell Rutledge the town is about to lynch at the end of Chapter 4?

2. What emotion is uppermost in the murder victim's mind when he realizes he is dying?

3. What emotion does Rutledge recognize brings on Hamish McLeod's voice quickly in his mind?

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

5. What response does Catherine Tarrant receive when she asks a person in Chapter 6 to model for a painting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Rutledge note as odd in Wilton's behavior toward Lettice in the aftermath of Harris' murder?

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

6. Who is Hamish McLeod? What is his connection to Rutledge?

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

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

9. Why does Royston tell Rutledge he once borrowed money from Colonel Harris?

10. What does Rutledge think of the reunion between Lettice Wood and Captain Wilton in Chapter 9?

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