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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 tell Lettice Wood Mark Wilton might do to deal with his guilty conscious in Chapter 19?
(a) Plead guilty to a crime he did not commit.
(b) Commit another murder.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Run away.

2. What does Carfield preach about in Chapter 15?
(a) Making the best of one's short life.
(b) The sin of murder.
(c) Coveting your neighbor.
(d) Stealing.

3. What does Mrs. Davenant say about Wilton's choice in women?
(a) He could not have chosen a more devoted woman than Lettice Wood.
(b) He has lovely taste in women.
(c) He fatalistically falls for women he cannot have.
(d) He always chooses the wrong woman.

4. Why does Rutledge often go to church while investigating a murder?
(a) He is a highly religious man.
(b) He enjoys ritual.
(c) It helps him deal with Hamish.
(d) It helps him get a feel for the villagers and suspects.

5. What is split personality?
(a) When a person suffers a disfiguring trauma that changes their outlook on life.
(b) When an emotionally traumatized person creates a separate personality to deal with pain.
(c) When a person shows one personality to the public and one at home.
(d) When a person has such emotional trauma that his personality changes dramatically.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like as the villagers gather for the funeral of Colonel Harris?

2. Who does Lettice Wood remind Rutledge of?

3. What does Lettice Wood admit to in the end of Chapter 19?

4. How does Mavers react to the conversation he has in the church yard after services in Chapter 15?

5. What image has been in Lettice Wood's head since learning of her guardian's violent death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rutledge interview the two women of ill-repute who live on the lane?

2. Where does Rutledge find himself continuously drawn as he continues to investigate the murder of Harris?

3. What comment does Royston make about the murder in Chapter 13?

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

5. What does Lettice Wood reveal to Rutledge in Chapter 19 after he wakes her in the middle of the night?

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

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

8. What does Rutledge discover in Chapter 20 when he goes into Helena Sommers' bedroom the morning of the funeral?

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

10. Why does Rutledge agree in Chapter 18 to delay his arrest of Captain Wilton until after the funeral?

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