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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Hanged by the Neck, Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is the name of Dr. Lorrimer's home?
(a) Postmill Cottage.
(b) Coldstone Cottage.
(c) Pastime Cottage.
(d) Cod Cottage.

3. When does Dr. Lorrimer change his will?
(a) He doesn't.
(b) The day before his death.
(c) The month before his death.
(d) The week before his death.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the lab that is likely the murder weapon?

2. What is the significance of the mallet being in Dr. Lorrimer's lab?

3. Who first arrives at the lab in Book 2, Chapter 1?

4. What is all the staff required to do in the library?

5. What does Brenda see in the chapel?

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