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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 motive does Wilton have for murdering Harris?

2. Where does Rutledge hide out in Chapter 16 in order to review the evidence in the case one more time?

3. What does Rutledge vow to do at the end of the novel?

4. Who seems to be the main topic of conversation in the beginning of Chapter 17?

5. How does Lizzie Pinter react in Chapter 14 when Rutledge shows her the doll he found in an earlier chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Rutledge react when Catherine Tarrant shows him a portrait of her German lover in Chapter 17?

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

6. What does Lettice Wood say about her thoughts on Wilton's possible motives for murder?

7. Who is missing at the funeral in Chapter 20?

8. Who tells Lettice Wood that he once was involved in a car accident that resulted in a child's death in a way to comfort her in her grief?

9. Who killed Colonel Charles Harris?

10. Why does Rutledge question women in the village square in Chapter 14 about Mavers' alibi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is split personality? What causes it? Who in this novel suffers split personality? How did it come about? What trauma brought it on? What are the personalities in this fractured person's mind? How does this character deal with this? Why does this character take an ax to Royston? Why does this character kill him/herself? What confession does this character make before dying?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following in detail:

1) writing style

2) theme

3) irony

4) symbolism.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss each of the following in detail, citing examples from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Setting

2) Point of view

3) Metaphor and symbolism

4) Structure.

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