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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. Who do Dalgliesh and Massingham visit in relation to Doyle?
(a) Doyle's wife.
(b) The woman whom he picked up.
(c) Doyle's boss.
(d) No one.

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

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

4. About what does the rector's wife talk non-stop?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Dr. Lorrimer as a child.
(c) The fate of Dr. Lorrimer's mother.
(d) What the village believes happened to Dr. Lorrimer.

5. How is the man seen running from the lab the night before described?
(a) Very short and someone fat.
(b) Tall, thin and bald.
(c) Not too old and wearing some sort of coat.
(d) The witness does not see anything about the person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose son is Massingham?

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

3. Why is Mr. Bidwell interviewed?

4. What does Stella have that Angela wants her to give the detectives?

5. What is Doyle doing in his car?

(see the answer key)

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