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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Hanged by the Neck, Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is lying open on the table?
(a) Lorrimer's notebook.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A staining solution.
(d) A tube of acid.

2. What happens when Brenda is walking home?
(a) Her over-active imagination sees things.
(b) She is met by Dr. Kerrison.
(c) She is met by Doyle.
(d) She is singing.

3. When does Dr. Lorrimer change his will?
(a) The month before his death.
(b) He doesn't.
(c) The week before his death.
(d) The day before his death.

4. Who first arrives at the lab in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Dr. Kerrison.
(b) Brenda Pridmore alone.
(c) Inspector Blakelock alone.
(d) Brenda Pridmore and Inspector Blakelock.

5. What is the most striking thing about Dr. Lorrimer's room?
(a) The fact that there is very little in the room.
(b) The collection of toy soldiers lining shelves on the wall.
(c) A huge chart of the milky way galaxy.
(d) The large number of books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dalgliesh think about on the helicopter flight to Chevisham?

2. What does Mr. Lorrimer ask when he breaks down emotionally?

3. Why does Brenda decide to cut through the new lab construction site?

4. About what does Dalgliesh question Dr. Kerrison?

5. Who from Scotland Yard is assigned to come to Chevisham to investigate a murder?

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