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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Sally Davenant?
(a) Wilton's cousin.
(b) Wilton's sister.
(c) Wilton's former fiancee.
(d) Wilton's mistress.

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

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

4. What emotion is uppermost in the murder victim's mind when he realizes he is dying?
(a) Remorse.
(b) Anger.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Guilt.

5. What type of accident is Royston in that forces him to borrow money from Harris to make it right?
(a) A boating accident.
(b) A bicycle accident.
(c) A plane crash.
(d) A car accident.

6. What class of people does Mavers claim are oppressed in Chapter 5?
(a) Men without titles.
(b) Working men.
(c) Men with titles.
(d) Wealthy men.

7. What did the government want Wilton to help build as he mentions in Chapter 3?
(a) New plane motors.
(b) New machine guns.
(c) New tanks.
(d) New machines designed to kill.

8. What does Lettice Wood's violent reaction to the question of whether or not Catherine Tarrant had shot the murder victim cause Rutledge to realize about her?
(a) She knows who committed the murder.
(b) She does not care who committed the murder.
(c) She does not know who committed the murder.
(d) She is the one who committed the murder.

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

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

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

12. Does the doctor think Hickam will be able to provide helpful information in the investigation?
(a) Yes, but not until he enters rehab and beats the alcohol.
(b) No, he could not have seen anything the morning of the murder due to alcohol use.
(c) No, never.
(d) Yes, when he wakes.

13. Who does Wilton recall meeting on his morning walk the day of the murder?
(a) Helena Sommers and a child who had lost her doll.
(b) Maggie Sommers and a child.
(c) Catherine Tarrant and her new lover.
(d) Hickam and a woman of ill repute.

14. Why does Rutledge find himself forced to shoot McLeod after he faced the firing squad?
(a) McLeod asked for Rutledge to fire the fatal shot.
(b) The firing squad failed to kill McLeod.
(c) McLeod managed to escape the firing squad.
(d) The firing squad chickened out in killing McLeod.

15. 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 her to dinner.
(c) To ask if she saw the murder.
(d) To ask if she saw Wilton carrying anything the day of the murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rutledge go to visit Mrs. Davenant in Chapter 3?

2. Who shows impatience in Chapter 7 to clear the murder investigation?

3. Which villager does Rutledge recall in Chapter 4 that he saw during his own time in the war?

4. Who does Helena Sommers admit she saw the morning of the murder in Chapter 4?

5. Who does Rutledge learn was engaged to Wilton during the war?

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