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

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

3. What does the caller tell Mrs. Bidwell early in the morning?
(a) That her son was ill and she needs to go to London.
(b) That the person who gives her a ride to work is unable to pick her up.
(c) That her husband is in the hospital.
(d) Not to come in to work at the lab that morning.

4. What does Dalgliesh think about on the helicopter flight to Chevisham?
(a) If Massingham is competent since he's never worked with Massinham.
(b) If Dr. Lorrimer has a wife or children.
(c) His partner's background.
(d) Whether he'd be back by the end of the week.

5. What do the men discuss at the murder scene?
(a) What the murderer might be doing right now.
(b) How many teams have been eliminated in the Wimbleton doubles tournament.
(c) Why a newly-formed football team was suddenly sold.
(d) Why anyone would choose such as beautiful day to commit murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dr. Kerrison?

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

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

4. Who from Scotland Yard is assigned to come to Chevisham to investigate a murder?

5. What action is Cliff considering?

(see the answer key)

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