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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rutledge want to know about Mavers' actions the morning of the murder?
(a) To learn which scholars he quotes in his speeches.
(b) To verify his alibi.
(c) To learn if he could have slipped away.
(d) To find out what he was saying about the murder victim.

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

3. Who does the doctor tell Rutledge the town is about to lynch at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Wilton.
(b) Mavers.
(c) Catherine Tarrant.
(d) Lettice Wood.

4. How does Wilton react when Rutledge asks if there were rivals for Lettice Wood's affection?
(a) He insists there are none.
(b) He gives a list of names.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He refers Rutledge to Lettice Wood.

5. Who, as described in Chapter 5, died in the Boer War?
(a) Mavers' brother.
(b) Mavers' sister.
(c) Mavers' cousin.
(d) Mavers' father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lettice Wood remind Rutledge of?

2. Who does Forrest suggest it was that told the town of Catherine Tarrant's love affair with a German during the war?

3. Why does Rutledge return to Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?

4. What does Mr. Pinter do for a living?

5. Who does Wilton recall meeting on his morning walk the day of the murder?

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