Death of an Expert Witness Test | Final Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. About whom is Dalgliesh thinking as he is in his motel room?
(a) Domenica.
(b) Why Brenda Pridmore wants to talk to him.
(c) Who could have been running away from the lab the night of the murder.
(d) The interview with Dr. Kerrison.

3. How does Stella Mawson seem as Dalgliesh questions her?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Congenial and open.
(c) Openly hostile.
(d) Veiled hostility.

4. Who does Dalgliesh meet outside Mr. Lorrmier's home?
(a) Winifred Swaffield.
(b) Angela Foley.
(c) Dr. Kerrison.
(d) Stella Mawson.

5. What time does Miss Williard know Dr. Kerrison is at home the night of the murder?
(a) She is unwilling to tell the detectives.
(b) 7 p.m.
(c) She has no idea.
(d) 9 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the detectives do immediately?

2. Why does Angela Foley's grandmother not raise Angela?

3. What does Brenda see in the chapel?

4. When does Dr. Lorrimer change his will?

5. What happens to Dr. Lorrimer for about six months?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Miss Willard.

2. Why is Brenda Pridmore's mother upset and what does she want Brenda to tell Dalgliesh?

3. What does Dalgliesh learn from Miss Willard?

4. What does Dalgliesh learn upon interviewing Inspector Doyle?

5. What does Dalgliesh find during his search of the chapel?

6. What does Angela Foley do when she learns of Stella's death and what does Dalgliesh believe about the death?

7. What does Dalgliesh think about concerning his interview with Dr. Kerrison?

8. Describe Maxim Howarth's thoughts about Domenica?

9. Where does Brenda work the day after the discovery of the murder and what does she discuss with Director Howarth?

10. How does Dalgliesh sum up his investigation so far at the end of the first day?

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