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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 was the profession of Mavers' father?
(a) Innkeeper.
(b) Gamekeeper.
(c) Groom.
(d) Farmer.
2. Where does Maggie tell Rutledge Helena is when he confronts her in Chapter 20?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The Inn.
(d) The funeral.
3. What does Rutledge have trouble picturing when he returns to the meadow where the murder victim was discovered?
(a) The sequence of events.
(b) Signs of a struggle.
(c) Possible location of a witness.
(d) The marks of the bullet's path.
4. What motive does Wilton have for murdering Harris?
(a) Money.
(b) Reputation.
(c) A title.
(d) Lettice Wood.
5. Who does Mavers wait to speak with after the church services in Chapter 15?
(a) Royston.
(b) Wilton.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) Mrs. Davenant.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Rutledge think about as he studies a portrait of Rolf Linden by Catherine Tarrant?
2. Where does Rutledge go in the middle of the night to try to figure out the logistics of the murder?
3. What does Rutledge hear as he approaches the Sommers' cottage in Chapter 20?
4. Who seems to be the main topic of conversation in the beginning of Chapter 17?
5. What is split personality?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Rutledge say in Chapter 12 that causes Lettice Wood to become angry with him? How does Rutledge respond to this anger?
2. What does Rutledge discover in Chapter 20 when he goes into Helena Sommers' bedroom the morning of the funeral?
3. Why does Bowles claim Scotland Yard cannot support Rutledge if he arrests Captain Wilton without strong evidence in Chapter 18?
4. What does Rutledge reveal in the beginning of Chapter 19 that he believes happened in the meadow the morning of the murder?
5. How does Lizzie Pinter react to her father physically attacking Rutledge in Chapter 18?
6. Who does Rutledge learn was a nurse during the war? What does this say about this particular character?
7. Who does Rutledge ask to find the owner of the doll in Chapter 13?
8. Why does the author switch point of view in a series of vignettes at the end of Chapter 17?
9. Who killed Colonel Charles Harris?
10. In Chapter 16, Rutledge learns that Harris ate lunch at the inn often. What is unusual about Harris' lunch the Tuesday before his death?
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