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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. In what does Dr. Lorrimer get Brenda interested?
(a) In how to create stains.
(b) Finding minute particles of an alien substance.
(c) Biology and what can be learned under a microscope.
(d) Reading DNA strands.

2. How do Brenda's parents feel about her job?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Enthusiastic.
(c) Not happy.
(d) Proud.

3. What is Dr. Kerrison's biggest concern as he is leaving?
(a) Not waking up his daughter.
(b) That he forgets his coffee on the kitchen counter.
(c) The neighbors seeing him.
(d) The need for speed.

4. What does Dalgliesh figure about the window above the bathrooms?
(a) Dalgliesh does not notice the window.
(b) That a slender person could conceivably make it to the ground that way.
(c) That no one could conceivably make it to the ground that way.
(d) That the window is painted shut and inoperable.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mercer do after offering Dalgliesh assistance?

3. Who is Maxim Howarth?

4. Who does Dalgliesh first interview in opening his investigation into the murder of Dr. Lorrimer?

5. About what is Massingham happy when they land?

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