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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. About what does Howarth blame himself?
(a) For the rift between him and his kids.
(b) For not seeing how close to the edge Cliff is.
(c) For Dr. Lorrimer's death.
(d) For allowing Domenica to become involved with Dr. Lorrimer.

2. What does Mr. Lorrimer remember about a conversation with a woman who calls earlier in the week?
(a) That she is crying as she leaves the message.
(b) That she leaves a message with the numbers 1840 at the end.
(c) That she is angry with Dr. Lorrimer.
(d) He cannot remember anything about the conversation.

3. What accounting does Mawson give Dalgliesh?
(a) The whereabouts of Foley and Mawson.
(b) The money Dr. Lorrimer lent Foley.
(c) The whereabouts of Dr. Lorrimer on the night of his death.
(d) The money Dr. Lorrimer has that is Foley's.

4. What seems paradoxical about Mr. Lorrimer when he speaks of his son?
(a) He seems both proud of and yet disparging of his son.
(b) He seems to both love and hate his son.
(c) He talks of him as if he were alive and yet also dead.
(d) He seems to both like and dislike his son.

5. About what does the rector's wife talk non-stop?
(a) The fate of Dr. Lorrimer's mother.
(b) Jesus.
(c) What the village believes happened to Dr. Lorrimer.
(d) Dr. Lorrimer as a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes to tell Dr. Lorrimer's father about the doctor's death?

2. Of what does Mawson say Bradley probably reminds Dr. Lorrimer?

3. Who is Miss Williard?

4. How is the man dressed who was cavorting around on the graves at the village concert?

5. By what is Cliff Bradley deeply intimidated?

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