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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. How does Rutledge calm Lettice Wood after insulting her by implying she had a hand in the murder?
(a) He begs her to help him solve the case.
(b) He promises to give her justice one way or another.
(c) He tells her he loves her.
(d) He tells her he will get a new investigator.

2. How does Lettice Wood's revelation of a brief affair with Harris change Wilton's motive?
(a) It removes the certainty of inheriting Mallows.
(b) It removes the certainty of marriage to Lettice Wood.
(c) It removes the possibility of Wilton gaining a title.
(d) It removes the possibility of inheriting a great deal of money.

3. Who escorts Lettice Wood to the funeral of Colonel Harris?
(a) Dr. Warren.
(b) Mark Wilton.
(c) Inspector Forrest.
(d) Sergeant Davies.

4. Why does Rutledge continue to hesitate to arrest Wilton at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) He believes Dr. Warren had more motive.
(b) He believes he is missing something.
(c) He believes the traumatized child saw the real killer and it was not Wilton.
(d) He believes Mavers is guilty.

5. What does Rutledge realize about Maggie Sommers as he approaches her home the day of the funeral?
(a) He underestimated her.
(b) She is related to a distant cousin.
(c) She is insignificant to the investigation.
(d) He does not like her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rutledge go to check on in the beginning of Chapter 13?

2. What does Lettice Wood say about Rutledge's progress with the investigation in chapter 12?

3. Redfern did not want who treating him when he was in hospital during the war?

4. Why was the murder victim, as discovered by Rutledge in Chapter 14, riding his horse near the houses of ill repute on the lane?

5. What does Mark Wilton spend the end of Chapter 17 doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rutledge reveal in the beginning of Chapter 19 that he believes happened in the meadow the morning of the murder?

2. Why does Catherine Tarrant admit she paid Hickam after the murder?

3. What does Rutledge fear will happen should he arrest Captain Wilton for the murder of Colonel Harris?

4. In what condition does Rutledge find the owner of the doll he found in Chapter 12 in the meadow where Harris' body was found?

5. Who does Rutledge ask to find the owner of the doll in Chapter 13?

6. Why does Rutledge go to the Sommers' home the morning of the funeral?

7. Why does Rutledge questions Mrs. Davenant about the pension Mavers' receives in Chapter 11?

8. What information does Mrs. Davenant give Rutledge about Wilton in Chapter 11 that could provide a motive for murder?

9. Who is Lettice Wood surprised to learn was the source of Mavers' pension?

10. What does Rutledge say in Chapter 12 that causes Lettice Wood to become angry with him? How does Rutledge respond to this anger?

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