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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Hanged by the Neck, Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Howarth upset with Lorrimer?
(a) That he is lazy.
(b) That he is involved with his sister.
(c) That he is sloppy in his work.
(d) That he is so unfriendly.

2. Who first arrives at the lab in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Brenda Pridmore alone.
(b) Brenda Pridmore and Inspector Blakelock.
(c) Dr. Kerrison.
(d) Inspector Blakelock alone.

3. To what does Domenica admit?
(a) Being at the bus stop the night of the murder.
(b) An affair with Dr. Lorrimer.
(c) Flirting with Dr. Lorrimer, but it never went further.
(d) Being in the lab the night of the murder.

4. What is the major line of questioning Dalgliesh takes with Middlemass?
(a) What interaction there is between Dr. Lorrimer's staff and
(b) About the fight between Dr. Lorrimer and Middlemass.
(c) How Middlemass logs in documents he is assessing.
(d) How Middlemass logs in people who come and go from his office.

5. What is Brenda looking for in the files in Dr. Howarth's office?
(a) Any mention of an argument between Dr. Lorrimer and any other staff member.
(b) Any mistake in the staining process.
(c) Any mention of Dr. Lorrimer and his affair with Howarth's sister.
(d) Any that mention the numbers eighteen or forty burned candles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Doyle parked the night of the murder of Lorrimer?

2. What does Brenda need to learn according to her supervisor?

3. How do most of the staff seem to respond to Dr. Lorrimer's murder?

4. Who wants to see Dalgliesh after he is done at the Lorrimer house?

5. How do Brenda's parents feel about her job?

(see the answer key)

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