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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 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action is Cliff considering?
(a) Killing his mother-in-law.
(b) Killing Dr. Lorrimer.
(c) Divorcing Susan.
(d) Resigning his job.

2. What does Mercer do after offering Dalgliesh assistance?
(a) Resigns.
(b) Goes back to continue questioning Hoggatt's staff.
(c) Leaves Hoggatt's lab.
(d) Calls his supervisor.

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

4. About what does Howarth have a conference with Dr. Lorrimer?
(a) Training Brenda Pridmore to create stains.
(b) The sloppy lab procedures.
(c) Cliff Bradley's evaluation.
(d) Training Angela Foley to keep the lab reports up to date.

5. What does Mercer do?
(a) Requests to stay on the case.
(b) Confirms arrangements for police guards and the packaging of evidence to go the Scotland Yard.
(c) Tells Dalgliesh his agency is out of order for coming in on the case.
(d) Lies about his whereabouts the night before.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Inspector Blakelock?

2. Who is teaching Brenda?

3. What prints are found on the mallet?

4. What does Blakelock tell Howarth when he comes back downstairs?

5. Whose son is Massingham?

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