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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who answers the door when Rutledge arrives at Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?
(a) Laurence Royston.
(b) Rev. Carfield.
(c) Maggie Sommers.
(d) Dr. Warren.

3. What is guarding the Sommers home when Rutledge arrives in Chapter 7?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A goose.
(d) A pig.

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

5. Who, as described in Chapter 5, prevented Mavers from joining the Army at the beginning of World War I?
(a) Royston.
(b) Wilton.
(c) Harris.
(d) Warren.

6. Why does Rutledge return to Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?
(a) To ask if she has any new information in the murder.
(b) To ask if she saw Wilton carrying anything the day of the murder.
(c) To ask if she saw the murder.
(d) To ask her to dinner.

7. Who is Lettice Wood?
(a) Harris' daughter.
(b) Harris' fiancee.
(c) Harris' cousin.
(d) Harris' ward.

8. What does Lettice Wood say the murder victim's state of mind was in the days before his death?
(a) He was depressed.
(b) He was unsatisfied with life.
(c) He was very, very happy.
(d) He was preoccupied.

9. What is the Victoria Cross?
(a) The highest military honor presented to British soldiers.
(b) A memorial placed in a cemetery.
(c) A type of pocket watch.
(d) An award given to pilots in World War I.

10. Who is Ian Rutledge?
(a) Supervisor for Scotland Yard.
(b) German soldier.
(c) Inspector for Scotland Yard.
(d) Murder victim.

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

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

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

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

15. What did Hamish McLeod refuse to do that caused Rutledge to send him to stand before the firing squad during World War I?
(a) Refused to follow a direct order.
(b) He tried to kill Rutledge.
(c) Refused to leave the battlefield.
(d) He killed another soldier in their squad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds the body of the murder victim?

2. Who or what was the Victoria Cross named for?

3. Who does Helena Sommers suggest might be the murderer in Chapter 10?

4. Who does the doctor tell Rutledge the town is about to lynch at the end of Chapter 4?

5. For whom does Ted Pinter work?

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