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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 Mr. Lorrimer ask when he breaks down emotionally?
(a) Why would someone kill his wife years ago and now his son.
(b) Why would anyone kill his son.
(c) Who will care for him now.
(d) What will happen his son's dog and cats.

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

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

4. What does Stella say her publisher has for her?
(a) Money.
(b) A bonus assignment.
(c) A new assignment.
(d) Nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the man seen running from the lab the night before described?

2. How does the rector's wife describe Mr. Lorrimer and his son?

3. What does Stella probably know?

4. What is the most striking thing about Dr. Lorrimer's room?

5. What is the name of Dr. Lorrimer's home?

(see the answer key)

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