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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 is Hickam doing the first time Rutledge sees him at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Directing traffic as though he is still in France.
(b) Arguing with Mavers.
(c) Stealing bread from the inn.
(d) Lying drunk on the ground.

2. Who is Redfern?
(a) The nephew of Catherine Tarrant, a mentally disturbed teen.
(b) The ward of the murder victim.
(c) The nephew of the innkeeper, an injured former soldier.
(d) Rutledge's assistant.

3. With whom does Rutledge learn in Chapter 2 the murder victim fought the night before his death?
(a) Mavers.
(b) Wilton.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) Hickam.

4. What label was Mavers given, as described in Chapter 5, that he chose to live up to?
(a) Drunk.
(b) Troublemaker.
(c) Scholar.
(d) Philosopher.

5. Who is Laurence Royston?
(a) Harris' butler.
(b) Harris' cousin.
(c) Harris' best friend.
(d) Harris' man of business.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Rutledge discover Tarrant really is when he goes to see her in Chapter 8?

3. For whom does Ted Pinter work?

4. Why did a mob try to lynch Mavers in Chapter 5?

5. When does Catherine Tarrant claim a person never knows fear?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Dr. Warren claim he felt it necessary to sedate Lettice Wood after the death of her guardian?

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