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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: An Experimetal Man, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who chats openly and honestly with Dalgliesh?
(a) Dr. Kerrison.
(b) Brenda Pridmore.
(c) Director Howarth.
(d) Angela Foley.

2. What have the returned lab tests on the case shown?
(a) That Dr. Lorrimer's hairs are on the mallet.
(b) That someone's partial fingerprint is on the mallet.
(c) They have not yet been returned.
(d) That horse's blood is on the mallet.

3. About what does Stella say life isn't convenient?
(a) A cousin dying so that Stella might receive an inheritance.
(b) That the rain and fog will quit before a party Stella and Angela are planning.
(c) That the bus pulls up a moment after the two arrive at the bus stop.
(d) That the rain will come right after planting the flower garden.

4. How does Inspector Blakelock behave while being questioned by Dalgliesh?
(a) He is openly hostile at Scotland Yard being assigned the case.
(b) He becomes agitated.
(c) He stands at attention.
(d) He sits and chats like the two are old buddies.

5. Who calls searching for Dr. Lorrimer?
(a) Dr. Kerrison.
(b) Domenica.
(c) Director Howarth.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Detective-Inspector Doyle believe is a good investment?

2. Who is Domenica Schofield?

3. What is Middlemass's role in the halftime entertainment at the village concert the night of the murder of Dr. Lorrimer?

4. Who cleans up after the meeting with the senior scientists?

5. What does the caller tell Mrs. Bidwell early in the morning?

(see the answer key)

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