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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Hanged by the Neck, Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the man seen running from the lab the night before described?
(a) Not too old and wearing some sort of coat.
(b) Very short and someone fat.
(c) The witness does not see anything about the person.
(d) Tall, thin and bald.

2. What has Dalgliesh discovered on his first day of investigating?
(a) No real motives.
(b) Plenty of possible motives.
(c) That Scotland Yard is not liked in this small village.
(d) That the townspeople are in general uncooperative.

3. What does Middlemass fail to tell Dalgliesh?
(a) About the fact that Dr. Lorrimer fell apart on the stand in the last trial.
(b) That Dr. Lorrimer was hostile to Easterbrook.
(c) About the phone call from Susan Bradley.
(d) That Middlemass had fought with Dr. Lorrimer on other occasions.

4. What about the concert facility does Dalgliesh question Middlemass?
(a) Dalgliesh is not concerned about the layout.
(b) The colors of the walls.
(c) The layout.
(d) The cemetary nearby.

5. For how long has Domenica been widowed?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) She has never married.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives at Sprogg's Cottage?

2. About whom is Dalgliesh thinking as he is in his motel room?

3. What does the caller tell Mrs. Bidwell early in the morning?

4. What is Middlemass's role in the halftime entertainment at the village concert the night of the murder of Dr. Lorrimer?

5. Who does Dalgliesh meet outside Mr. Lorrmier's home?

(see the answer key)

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