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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rutledge tell Lettice Wood he plans to arrest at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) Warren.
(b) Mavers.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Hickam.

2. What makes Lettice Wood decide Mark Wilton could not have killed her guardian?
(a) His trustworthy reputation.
(b) His appearance at Mallow and concern for her.
(c) His admission of having disliked Harris.
(d) His honest confession of love.

3. How does Rutledge calm Lettice Wood after insulting her by implying she had a hand in the murder?
(a) He tells her he loves her.
(b) He promises to give her justice one way or another.
(c) He begs her to help him solve the case.
(d) He tells her he will get a new investigator.

4. What does Rutledge realize he is lacking in Chapter 13 as to his list of suspects?
(a) A murder weapon.
(b) A motive.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Evidence.

5. What does Rutledge tell Lettice Wood Mark Wilton might do to deal with his guilty conscious in Chapter 19?
(a) Run away.
(b) Plead guilty to a crime he did not commit.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Commit another murder.

6. What is implied by the fight that Harris and Lettice had in the inn before Harris' death?
(a) They were lovers.
(b) They did not agree on the budget for the wedding.
(c) They did not like one another.
(d) They were in disagreement over Lettice's marriage to Wilton.

7. Why does Rutledge often go to church while investigating a murder?
(a) It helps him deal with Hamish.
(b) It helps him get a feel for the villagers and suspects.
(c) He enjoys ritual.
(d) He is a highly religious man.

8. What does Rutledge threaten when Rutledge tells him of the evidence mounting against him?
(a) To fight him in court.
(b) To fight to have him fired from Scotland Yard.
(c) To have him arrested for defamation of character.
(d) To have his friends beat him up.

9. What does Wilton continuously refuse to answer each time Rutledge asks?
(a) What his relationship with his cousin is.
(b) What his relationship with Lettice Wood is truly like.
(c) Why he broke up with Catherine Tarrant.
(d) What his fight with the murder victim was about.

10. What does Lettice Wood admit to in the end of Chapter 19?
(a) Being in love with Mavers.
(b) Being in love with Rutledge.
(c) Being in love with Harris.
(d) Being in love with Mark Harris.

11. What does Lettice Wood accuse Rutledge of doing during their interview at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) Fishing for information.
(b) Acting on desperation.
(c) Implying an affair where none existed.
(d) Forcing her to admit to something she did not do.

12. What does Rutledge ask Lettice Wood to go over with him one last time in Chapter 12?
(a) Her final evening with her guardian.
(b) Wilton's motive for murder.
(c) Catherine Tarrant's grudge against herself and her guardian.
(d) Mavers' motive for murder.

13. What is an inquest?
(a) A naming of susects in a murder investigation.
(b) A court hearing such as an arraignment.
(c) A murder investigation.
(d) A judicial investigation into cause of death.

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

15. Who was the first to suggest calling off the wedding between Lettice Wood and Mark Wilton?
(a) Mrs. Davenant.
(b) Mark Wilton.
(c) Colonel Harris.
(d) Lettice Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lizzie Pinter react to the sight of her father in Chapter 14?

2. What does Mark Wilton think will best serve him in what he must do next, as described in Chapter 17?

3. What does Hamish tell Rutledge about his ability to finish this case with his reputation intact?

4. Who does Helena Sommers tell Rutledge has arranged a car to take her to the funeral?

5. Where does Hickam say he saw the murder victim argue with Mark Wilton the morning of the murder?

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