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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What alibi does Inspector Forrest present to Rutledge for Mavers in Chapter 6?
(a) The testimony of Mavers' wife claiming he was at home that morning.
(b) A notorized note from his mother saying he was doing chores for her that morning.
(c) A list of people who saw him making a speech in the town square.
(d) An affidavit from the innkeeper swearing Mavers was sleeping in one of his rooms.

2. Where is Scotland Yard?
(a) Cairo.
(b) London.
(c) East Hampton.
(d) Paris.

3. What is the point of view of this novel?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) First person.

4. What is the Victoria Cross?
(a) An award given to pilots in World War I.
(b) A memorial placed in a cemetery.
(c) A type of pocket watch.
(d) The highest military honor presented to British soldiers.

5. What does Rutledge think of the murder victim?
(a) He was a true proper English gentleman.
(b) He was a good soldier.
(c) He was a murder waiting to happen.
(d) He was an arrogant fool.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Mavers the item Rutledge finds in his home in Chapter 5?

2. What did the government want Wilton to help build as he mentions in Chapter 3?

3. Where is the body of the murder victim found?

4. Which villager does Rutledge recall in Chapter 4 that he saw during his own time in the war?

5. Who or what was the Victoria Cross named for?

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