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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 questions cause Lizzie Pinter to begin screaming in her grandmother's arms at the end of Chapter 18?
2. What does Rutledge ask Lettice Wood to go over with him one last time in Chapter 12?
3. How does Lizzie Pinter react in Chapter 14 when Rutledge shows her the doll he found in an earlier chapter?
4. Rutledge returns to the meadow in Chapter 12 and finds what object?
5. What is the weather like as the villagers gather for the funeral of Colonel Harris?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Rutledge learn was a nurse during the war? What does this say about this particular character?
2. Why does Rutledge go to the Sommers' home the morning of the funeral?
3. What does Rutledge fear will happen should he arrest Captain Wilton for the murder of Colonel Harris?
4. What does Rutledge reveal in the beginning of Chapter 19 that he believes happened in the meadow the morning of the murder?
5. Who killed Colonel Charles Harris?
6. Who does Rutledge ask to find the owner of the doll in Chapter 13?
7. What information does Mrs. Davenant give Rutledge about Wilton in Chapter 11 that could provide a motive for murder?
8. Why does Rutledge interview the two women of ill-repute who live on the lane?
9. Who is missing at the funeral in Chapter 20?
10. What does Rutledge discover in Chapter 20 when he goes into Helena Sommers' bedroom the morning of the funeral?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the relationships between each of the following characters in detail, citing examples from the novel to support your conclusions:
1) Lettice Wood and Mark Wilton
2) Lettice Wood and Charles Harris
3) Mark Wilton and Charles Harris.
Essay Topic 2
Who is Lettice Wood? What is her condition the first time Rutledge interviews her? Why does this cause Rutledge to believe Lettice is hiding something? What kind of answers does Lettice give to Rutledge's many questions? Why does Rutledge find himself routinely returning to talk to Lettice? Who does Lettice remind Rutledge of? What information about her relationship to Harris does Lettice finally reveal to Rutledge that takes away Wilton's motive for murder? How is this information a sad turn for Rutledge in comparison to his own experiences?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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