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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Brenda looking for in the files in Dr. Howarth's office?
(a) Any that mention the numbers eighteen or forty burned candles.
(b) Any mistake in the staining process.
(c) Any mention of Dr. Lorrimer and his affair with Howarth's sister.
(d) Any mention of an argument between Dr. Lorrimer and any other staff member.

2. How does Domenica characterize Dr. Lorrimer?
(a) Childish and whiney about the end of the affair.
(b) Meanspirited when she flirted with him.
(c) As verbally abusive.
(d) Cruel when he ends the affair with her.

3. Why does Angela Foley's grandmother not raise Angela?
(a) The grandmother dies just days after Angela's mother.
(b) The grandmother was mentally incompetent.
(c) The grandmother was too poor.
(d) The grandmother despised Angela's mother.

4. When do Dalgliesh and Massingham visit Dr. Kerrison?
(a) At the morgue during lunch.
(b) Late at night at his home.
(c) At lunch at the lab.
(d) Early in the morning at his home.

5. What is Domenica's occupation?
(a) An artist.
(b) A nun.
(c) A pilot.
(d) A secretary.

6. Who sees Dr. Lorrimer dead but leaves the scene without telling anyone?
(a) No one.
(b) Director Howarth.
(c) Domenica Schofield.
(d) Cliff Bradley.

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

8. What does Brenda's mother insist that Brenda tell the police?
(a) About overhearing an arugment between Foley and Dr. Lorrimer.
(b) About overhearing an arugment between Kerrison and Dr. Lorrimer.
(c) That the evidence bags were tampered with on the day of the murder.
(d) About overhearing an arugment between Mawson and Dr. Lorrimer.

9. Why is Brenda's mother unhappy?
(a) That Brenda's boyfriend thinks she was involved with Dr. Lorrimer.
(b) That Brenda wants to quit her job.
(c) That Brenda is still crying about finding Dr. Lorrimer's body.
(d) That Dr. Lorrimer leaves her 1000 pounds.

10. Who is Alfred Goddard?
(a) Angela Foley's father.
(b) A witness who was riding the bus the night of the murder.
(c) Dr. Lorrimer's gardener.
(d) Dr. Lorrimer's solicitor.

11. What does Stella have that Angela wants her to give the detectives?
(a) A letter.
(b) A broken handle like the one from the mallet.
(c) A knife.
(d) A lab coat.

12. What does Stella probably know?
(a) Why Dr. Lorrimer wanted to change his will.
(b) A new plot for a book that will bring the two women money.
(c) A way to void the new will of Dr. Lorrimer.
(d) The name of Dr. Lorrimer's killer.

13. How long has Mawson been dead?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) A few minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) It is difficult to say.

14. What do the detectives hear moaning?
(a) A dog.
(b) Brenda Pridmore.
(c) Domenica.
(d) Dr. Kerrison.

15. What happens to Dr. Lorrimer for about six months?
(a) He stops going to church.
(b) He takes a class in London on forensics psychology.
(c) He seems almost happy.
(d) He is morose and moody.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose letters do the detectives find in a locked drawer in Dr. Lorrimer's room?

3. About whom is Dalgliesh thinking as he is in his motel room?

4. Why does Bradley ask for a brief interview with Dr. Lorrimer?

5. About what does Howarth blame himself?

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