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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 is in the lab that is likely the murder weapon?
(a) A noose lying on the counter.
(b) Nothing that Dalgliesh can see.
(c) A bloody dissection knife.
(d) A bloody mallet.

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

3. What does Mrs. Bidwell tell Dalgliesh about the lab coat?
(a) That the coat with Lorrimer's blood on it has disappeared.
(b) That Dr. Lorrimer never wore a lab coat.
(c) That the lab coat that Dr. Lorrimer accidentally burns is missing.
(d) That Dr. Lorrimer's lab coat was blue rather than white.

4. What is all the staff required to do in the library?
(a) Write down all their activities for the past 24 hours.
(b) Read up on investigative law for their particular situation.
(c) Talk to Howarth who dismisses them one by one.
(d) Stay there until that evening.

5. Whose son is Massingham?
(a) A notorious extortionist.
(b) A charwoman.
(c) A peer of the realm.
(d) Dalgliesh's father's best friend.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mercer do?

3. Why does Stella hire Angela?

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

5. How does Director Howarth respond to Dalgliesh's question about what Dr. Lorrimer is like outside of work?

(see the answer key)

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