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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Forrest believe is the source of Mavers' pension?
(a) Mr. Davenant.
(b) Lettice Wood.
(c) Catherine Tarrant.
(d) Wilton.

2. What does the item Rutledge finds in the meadow in Chapter 12 tell Rutledge?
(a) Wilton lied and he must be the killer.
(b) That Wilton was truthful about his activities that day and there might be another witness.
(c) Wilton lied about seeing Helena Sommers the morning of the murder.
(d) Wilton told the truth about who he saw the morning of the murder, but where he saw them.

3. Who, as described in Chapter 5, died in the Boer War?
(a) Mavers' father.
(b) Mavers' brother.
(c) Mavers' sister.
(d) Mavers' cousin.

4. What did the government want Wilton to help build as he mentions in Chapter 3?
(a) New tanks.
(b) New machine guns.
(c) New machines designed to kill.
(d) New plane motors.

5. Who does Rutledge resolve at the end of Chapter 10 to learn more about?
(a) Mark Wilton.
(b) Lettice Wood.
(c) Catherine Tarrant.
(d) Sergeant Davies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the house where the Sommers sisters live?

2. Who does Helena Sommers suggest might be the murderer in Chapter 10?

3. Who answers the door when Rutledge arrives at Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?

4. What does Rutledge say London gave him in the aftermath of the debacle with McLeod?

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

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