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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rutledge go to check on in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Lizzie Pinter.
(b) Hickam.
(c) Warren.
(d) Lettice Wood.

2. Who does Davies think should be recorded as the murderer in Chapter 7?
(a) Wilton.
(b) Harris.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) Persons unknown.

3. Who, as revealed in Chapter 10, is receiving a pension from an unknown source?
(a) Harris.
(b) Davies.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Mavers.

4. What nationality does one of Lettice Wood's suggest for a secret lover Catherine Tarrant had?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) German.
(d) Italian.

5. What illness does Rutledge learn Hickam suffers in Chapter 7?
(a) Liver disease.
(b) A head injury.
(c) Kidney disease.
(d) Alcohol poisoning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lettice Wood?

2. How is the murder victim in this novel killed?

3. What image has been in Lettice Wood's head since learning of her guardian's violent death?

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

5. Who does Catherine Tarrant ask to model for one of her paintings in Chapter 6?

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