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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: A Call to Murder, Chapter 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who seems emotionally immune to the process of an autopsy?
(a) Brenda Pridmore.
(b) Inspector Blakelock.
(c) Dr. Kerrison.
(d) Dr. Lorrimer.

2. What does Nell have in her hand?
(a) A wax figure that represents Dr. Lorrimer.
(b) A cross.
(c) Her teddy bear.
(d) Her father's coffee mug.

3. What does Howarth wish?
(a) That his daughter is safe in London.
(b) That he and his wife had been able to leave that day on their vacation.
(c) That he had not said he would be at the murder scene.
(d) That he had not given up his former job.

4. About what does Susan Bradley call Middlemass?
(a) To ask for her old job back.
(b) To ask him to dinner.
(c) To offer her assistance with his backlog.
(d) To intevene for Cliff.

5. About what is Howarth relieved?
(a) That his wife is returning the next day.
(b) That he has made a good start in his new job.
(c) That he made it through the autopsy without embarrassing himself.
(d) That his daughter is leaving to go back to boarding school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Lorrimer inherit from his grandmother?

2. About what does Howarth have a conference with Dr. Lorrimer?

3. Why is Howarth upset with Lorrimer?

4. What do the men discuss at the murder scene?

5. What does Nell do with the candle?

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