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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Hanged by the Neck, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By what is Cliff Bradley deeply intimidated?
(a) The idea of taking care of the new baby.
(b) Dr. Lorrimer.
(c) Susan's mother who is visiting that evening.
(d) The thought that he might have to take over an ongoing murder investigation.

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

4. Who checks the keys in the safe with Angela on the morning of Dr. Lorrimer's death?
(a) Howarth.
(b) She does the check by herself.
(c) Blakelock.
(d) Pridmore.

5. What surprises Brenda Pridmore?
(a) That the lights are on in the reception area when she arrives.
(b) That Blakelock is not yet at the lab.
(c) That Mrs. Bidwell has not yet arrived at the lab.
(d) That Dr. Kerrison is coming out of the lab when Brenda arrives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miss Williard?

2. When do Dalgliesh and Massingham visit Dr. Kerrison?

3. What action is Cliff considering?

4. What does Middlemass fail to tell Dalgliesh?

5. What does Dalgliesh think of the people in the library?

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