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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. Whose vomit is in the lab sink?
(a) Dr. Kerrison.
(b) Dr. Lorrimer.
(c) Cliff Bradley.
(d) Mrs. Bidwell.

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

3. Whose letters do the detectives find in a locked drawer in Dr. Lorrimer's room?
(a) Domenica.
(b) Dr. Kerrison.
(c) Brenda Pridmore.
(d) Dr. Lorrimer's mother.

4. What do the detectives immediately see upon opening the chapel door?
(a) Domenica opening a trunk in the sacristy.
(b) Angela holding Stella's legs.
(c) It is dark and they see nothing.
(d) Stella Mawson's body.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Domenica's occupation?

2. According to Mr. Lorrimer, for what does his son live?

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

4. What have the returned lab tests on the case shown?

5. What has Dalgliesh discovered on his first day of investigating?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Domenica Schofield.

3. Describe Dr. Lorrimer.

4. Describe Maxim Howarth's thoughts about Domenica?

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

6. What additional information does Dalgliesh learn from Angela Foley?

7. What do Angela Foley and Stella Mawson talk about before Stella leaves the house?

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

9. Describe Brenda Pridmore's walk through the construction site.

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

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