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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rutledge learn in Chapter 14 features prominently in Mavers' speeches?
(a) The German Dictator.
(b) The Russian Czar.
(c) The King of England.
(d) The American President.

2. How does Lettice Wood's revelation of a brief affair with Harris change Wilton's motive?
(a) It removes the certainty of marriage to Lettice Wood.
(b) It removes the possibility of Wilton gaining a title.
(c) It removes the possibility of inheriting a great deal of money.
(d) It removes the certainty of inheriting Mallows.

3. What is split personality?
(a) When a person suffers a disfiguring trauma that changes their outlook on life.
(b) When an emotionally traumatized person creates a separate personality to deal with pain.
(c) When a person shows one personality to the public and one at home.
(d) When a person has such emotional trauma that his personality changes dramatically.

4. Who does Rutledge think he sees in the garden at the Inn while preparing for lunch in Chapter 16?
(a) Maggie Sommers.
(b) Lettice Wood.
(c) Catherine Tarrant.
(d) Helena Sommers.

5. What does the item Rutledge finds in the meadow in Chapter 12 tell Rutledge?
(a) Wilton lied and he must be the killer.
(b) That Wilton was truthful about his activities that day and there might be another witness.
(c) Wilton told the truth about who he saw the morning of the murder, but where he saw them.
(d) Wilton lied about seeing Helena Sommers the morning of the murder.

6. Why does Rutledge wake Lettice in the middle of the night in the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) He needs Lettice to confirm what Harris was wearing the morning he died.
(b) He wants Lettice to tell him what kind of guns Wilton knows how to use.
(c) He is in need of comfort and information.
(d) He knows who killed Harris and wants to test his theory.

7. What gossip does Rutledge hear in Chapter 14 as he questions the villagers about Mavers?
(a) That Lettice Wood was having an affair with the murder victim.
(b) That it is inappropriate for the Sommers sisters to live so far in the country alone.
(c) That Mark Wilton only wanted to marry Lettice Wood for her money.
(d) That Catherine Tarrant has a new lover.

8. What is the weather like as the villagers gather for the funeral of Colonel Harris?
(a) Hot and sunny.
(b) Humid and misty.
(c) Snowy and cold.
(d) Rainy and miserable.

9. How does Hamish McLeod respond to the portrait of Rolf Linden by Catherine Tarrant?
(a) He cries.
(b) He mocks it.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He admires it.

10. What does Lettice Wood say about Rutledge's progress with the investigation in chapter 12?
(a) That he is progressing faster than expected.
(b) That he should look closely at Wilton.
(c) That he should look elsewhere for the killer.
(d) That he is slow in solving it.

11. What does Mark Wilton spend the end of Chapter 17 doing?
(a) Saying goodbye to good friends.
(b) Putting his affairs in order.
(c) Writing a suicide note.
(d) Preparing to run away.

12. What is Mrs. Davenant's opinion of the relationship between Catherine Tarrant and Rolf Linden?
(a) It was a tragedy for everyone involved.
(b) It was passionate to have survived.
(c) It was scandalous because of the sentiments during the war.
(d) It was ill fated and would have failed.

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

14. How does Lizzie Pinter react in Chapter 14 when Rutledge shows her the doll he found in an earlier chapter?
(a) She tells about seeing a dead body.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She hugs Rutledge.
(d) She screams.

15. To whom does a witness claim Catherine Tarrant gave money after the murder?
(a) Lettice Wood.
(b) Helena Sommers.
(c) Hickam.
(d) Wilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who escorts Lettice Wood to the funeral of Colonel Harris?

2. What does Lettice Wood claim was taken from her by the refusal to allow her to see her guardian's body one last time?

3. Why does Rutledge often go to church while investigating a murder?

4. What does Mrs. Davenant say about Wilton's choice in women?

5. What does Rutledge hear as he approaches the Sommers' cottage in Chapter 20?

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