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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Death in a White Coat, Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Detective-Inspector Doyle believe is a good investment?
(a) Some stocks he recently purchases.
(b) His wife.
(c) His car.
(d) His house.

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

3. What does Mrs. Bidwell explain to Dalgliesh?
(a) About how Dr. Lorrimer always asked her to wipe his desk twice a day.
(b) That Mrs. Bidwell is hard of hearing.
(c) About her cleaning routine.
(d) That Dr. Lorrimer did not allow Mrs. Bidwell to clean in the lab.

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

5. What is Susan Bradley doing when she is introduced to the readers?
(a) She is cooking breakfast.
(b) She is in the shower.
(c) She is asleep.
(d) She is waking up to breast-feed her new baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dalgliesh figure about the window above the bathrooms?

2. Whose son is Massingham?

3. What action is Cliff considering?

4. Who is Inspector Blakelock?

5. What does Dalgliesh think of the people in the library?

(see the answer key)

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