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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the point of view of this novel?

2. What does Rutledge have trouble doing at the end of Chapter 4 that worries him about his ability to solve the case?

3. With whom does Rutledge learn in Chapter 2 the murder victim fought the night before his death?

4. Who is Catherine Tarrant searching for at the beginning of chapter 6?

5. What does Mr. Pinter do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Davenant urge Captain Wilton to visit Lettice Wood at Mallows?

2. Why did Harris stop Mavers from joining the military as Mavers describes it in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 9, what does Dr. Warren believe is wrong with Lizzie Pinter?

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

5. Who does Rutledge give money to at the end of Chapter 6? For what reason?

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Bowles? Why does he dislike Rutledge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Harris murdered? Where does Rutledge believe he has found the murder weapon? Where was Harris' body found? What does Rutledge find in the area where the body was found? How does this point Rutledge to a possible witness? Does this witness help Rutledge pinpoint the murderer? What does this witness prove about the murder in Rutledge's mind?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Hamish McLeod? How did he die? How did this death cause Rutledge to have something of a mental break? Why does Rutledge often hear Hamish's voice in his head? How does this change the way Rutledge looks at the world and does his job? What does this say about Rutledge's mental state? What does it say about the way in which Rutledge deals with stress? What might happen is anyone learns the truth about Rutledge's mental state?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Lizzie Pinter? Why is she traumatized? What does the doctor think of her condition? What does he do to help her? What does Rutledge find of Lizzie's in the meadow where Harris' body was found? What does Rutledge think Lizzie saw in the meadow? How does this change Rutledge's assumptions about the murder?

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