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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 an arrogant fool.
(d) He was a good soldier.

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

3. Who or what was the Victoria Cross named for?
(a) Victory in Europe.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) Victory in the Pacific.
(d) Victoria Principal.

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

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

6. Who finds the body of the murder victim?
(a) Mrs. Davenant.
(b) Lettice Wood.
(c) Royston.
(d) Wilton.

7. Who, as described in Chapter 5, died of drowning?
(a) Mavers' mother.
(b) Mavers' brother.
(c) Mavers' sister.
(d) Mavers' father.

8. For whom does Ted Pinter work?
(a) The Davenants.
(b) The Harrises.
(c) The Haldanes.
(d) The Warrens.

9. Who does Rutledge learn was engaged to Wilton during the war?
(a) Lettice Wood.
(b) Mrs. Davanent.
(c) Helena Sommers.
(d) Catherine Tarrant.

10. 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 like to but is afraid of public scandal.
(d) The person would rather starve than take money from Tarrant.

11. Who gives Mavers the item Rutledge finds in his home in Chapter 5?
(a) Inspector Forrest.
(b) Mrs. Davenant.
(c) Captain Wilton.
(d) Mr. Davenant.

12. Who first mentions Mavers to Rutledge while he is doing interviews?
(a) Lettice Wood.
(b) Mrs. Davenant.
(c) Mark Wilton.
(d) Miss Wood's maid.

13. Where is the body of the murder victim found?
(a) In a bedroom.
(b) In a dining room.
(c) In a meadow.
(d) In a corn field.

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

15. Where did the murder that will be investigated in this novel take place?
(a) Weltonshire, England.
(b) York, England.
(c) Warwickshire, England.
(d) East Hampton, England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Rutledge recognize brings on Hamish McLeod's voice quickly in his mind?

2. Why did a mob try to lynch Mavers in Chapter 5?

3. Who, as revealed in Chapter 10, is receiving a pension from an unknown source?

4. What does Lettice Wood say the murder victim's state of mind was in the days before his death?

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

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