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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 is Agnes Farrell?
(a) Grandmother to Catherine Tarrant.
(b) Grandmother to Helena Sommers.
(c) Grandmother to Lizzie Pinter.
(d) Grandmother to Lettice Wood.

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

3. Who does Helena Sommers admit she saw the morning of the murder in Chapter 4?
(a) Wilton.
(b) Royston.
(c) Harris.
(d) Lettice Wood.

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

5. What is Hickam doing the first time Rutledge sees him at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Lying drunk on the ground.
(b) Directing traffic as though he is still in France.
(c) Stealing bread from the inn.
(d) Arguing with Mavers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rutledge ask for an opinion about the murder case in the beginning of Chapter 13?

2. What response does Catherine Tarrant receive when she asks a person in Chapter 6 to model for a painting?

3. Why was the murder victim, as discovered by Rutledge in Chapter 14, riding his horse near the houses of ill repute on the lane?

4. What type of accident is Royston in that forces him to borrow money from Harris to make it right?

5. Who is the one character Rutledge most wants to interrogate in the murder investigation?

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