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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Pinter do for a living?
(a) He is a groom.
(b) He is a sheep herdsman.
(c) He is a coal miner.
(d) He is a farmer.

2. What is a pension?
(a) Payment for those who are no longer earning a regular income from employment.
(b) Payment for services rendered.
(c) Payment for war veterans.
(d) Insurance payments.

3. 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 work in the fields.
(c) The person would rather starve than take money from Tarrant.
(d) The person would like to but is afraid of public scandal.

4. Who does Rutledge ask for an opinion about the murder case in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Captain Wilton.
(b) Catherine Tarrant.
(c) Dr. Warren.
(d) Hickam.

5. Who does Catherine Tarrant ask to model for one of her paintings in Chapter 6?
(a) A woman of ill repute.
(b) A coal miner.
(c) The child of a local aristocrat.
(d) A village farmer's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rutledge go to check on in the beginning of Chapter 13?

2. Who does Dr. Warren ask Rutledge to come with him to meet at the end of Chapter 11?

3. What does Rutledge have trouble picturing when he returns to the meadow where the murder victim was discovered?

4. Who does Rutledge suggest to Wilton might have been the real murderer?

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

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