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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Catherine Tarrant searching for at the beginning of chapter 6?
(a) Carfield.
(b) Davies.
(c) Warren.
(d) Hickam.

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

3. Who answers the door when Rutledge arrives at Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?
(a) Dr. Warren.
(b) Laurence Royston.
(c) Rev. Carfield.
(d) Maggie Sommers.

4. What does Rutledge realize about Lettice Wood that causes Hamish to talk to him about witches?
(a) Her nose is long and straight.
(b) She carries a book of spells.
(c) Her eyes are two different colors.
(d) She wears a pentacle around her neck.

5. What response does Catherine Tarrant receive when she asks a person in Chapter 6 to model for a painting?
(a) The person would like to but her parents would not approve.
(b) The person would rather starve than take money from Tarrant.
(c) The person would like to but is afraid of public scandal.
(d) The person would rather work in the fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Laurence Royston?

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

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

4. Who, as described in Chapter 5, died of drowning?

5. When does Catherine Tarrant claim a person never knows fear?

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