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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: The Clunch Pit, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What seems paradoxical about Mr. Lorrimer when he speaks of his son?
(a) He talks of him as if he were alive and yet also dead.
(b) He seems both proud of and yet disparging of his son.
(c) He seems to both love and hate his son.
(d) He seems to both like and dislike his son.

2. Why does Bradley ask for a brief interview with Dr. Lorrimer?
(a) To invite Dr. Lorrimer to dinner.
(b) To blackmail Dr. Lorrimer.
(c) To question Lorrimer about Bradley's evaluation.
(d) To tell Dr. Lorrimer that Domenica is telling stories about Lorrimer.

3. What is the major line of questioning Dalgliesh takes with Middlemass?
(a) What interaction there is between Dr. Lorrimer's staff and
(b) How Middlemass logs in people who come and go from his office.
(c) About the fight between Dr. Lorrimer and Middlemass.
(d) How Middlemass logs in documents he is assessing.

4. What does Howarth tell Brenda Pridmore when she arrives at work?
(a) That she will lose her job if she is late again.
(b) That she is fired.
(c) That she is to be promoted.
(d) That she is to work with Howarth for the day.

5. Where is Doyle parked the night of the murder of Lorrimer?
(a) At the lab.
(b) At the Catholic church.
(c) At home.
(d) At the village concert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nell think is the reason her father kills Dr. Lorrimer?

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

3. In what does Dr. Lorrimer get Brenda interested?

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

5. How does Stella Mawson seem as Dalgliesh questions her?

(see the answer key)

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