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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. How does Director Howarth respond to Dalgliesh's question about what Dr. Lorrimer is like outside of work?
(a) Howarth says Dr. Lorrimer was a loner.
(b) Howarth says he did not know him outside of work.
(c) Howarth says Dr. Lorrimer was happy and well adjusted.
(d) Howarth says Dr. Lorrimer spent much time in London for his social life.

2. About what can Director Howarth not offer accurate answers?
(a) Questions about Dr. Lorrimer's activities the night before.
(b) Whether or not Dr. Lorrimer has a girlfriend.
(c) Whether Dr. Lorrimer and Paul Middlemass were friends outside the workspace.
(d) Whether Dr. Lorrimer was planning to quit.

3. What is Dalgliesh trying to accurately understand?
(a) The key and security situation at the lab.
(b) How someone else got into the lab through the restroom window.
(c) How Dr. Kerrison is able to pinpoint the time of death so accurately.
(d) Why Brenda Pridmore is the one sent to find Dr. Lorrimer's body.

4. Who interrupts the meeting between Howarth and Dr. Lorrimer?
(a) Dr. Kerrison.
(b) Angela Foley.
(c) Paul Middlemass.
(d) Domenica.

5. What do the detectives think about Mrs. Bidwell's version of the fight between Middlemass and Lorrimer?
(a) That it did not take place at all.
(b) They are unsure about of the story is accurate.
(c) That the fight was over Domenica.
(d) That it is a figment of Mrs. Bidwell's amble imagination.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Bidwell tell Dalgliesh about the lab coat?

3. Where is Eleanor Kerrison sitting?

4. What does Angela call Stella Mawson?

5. What does Mrs. Bidwell explain to Dalgliesh?

(see the answer key)

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