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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About whom does Kerrison think on the drive to the murder site?
(a) The pathologist at the main hospital.
(b) Why he is not out fishing on such a lovely morning.
(c) The way the mist is rising off his car meaning it will be a hot day.
(d) The senior biologist.

2. What does Dalgliesh think of the people in the library?
(a) That they are hiding something from him.
(b) That all of them probably know the murderer.
(c) That several of them are lying.
(d) That none of them is probably the murderer.

3. Who requested that Angela check the keys in the safe?
(a) Blakelock.
(b) Easterbrook.
(c) Howarth.
(d) Dalgliesh.

4. Why does Director Howarth know Dr. Lorrimer looked at a book on Howarth's desk?
(a) He is not sure if Dr. Lorrimer looked at it.
(b) The book was on the table when it had been on the desk.
(c) It was open to a different page than the one to which Howarth had it turned.
(d) It was put back on the shelf.

5. Who witnesses the exchange between Middlemass and Lorrimer?
(a) Dr. Kerrison.
(b) Director Howarth.
(c) Brenda Pridmore.
(d) Mrs. Bidwell.

6. Who calls searching for Dr. Lorrimer?
(a) Domenica.
(b) Director Howarth.
(c) Dr. Kerrison.
(d) His father.

7. Who is teaching Brenda?
(a) Dr. Kerrison.
(b) Dr. Lorrimer.
(c) Mr. Howarth.
(d) Cliff Bradley.

8. Who from Scotland Yard is assigned to come to Chevisham to investigate a murder?
(a) Freeborn.
(b) Adam Dalgliesh and Massingham.
(c) No one; it is not their jurisdiction.
(d) Massingham since Dalgliesh is out of town.

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

10. What protocol does Blakelock describe to Dalgliesh?
(a) The protocol of rank.
(b) The protocol of logging evidence.
(c) The protocol of who is allowed to work after hours without Blakelock also being in attendance.
(d) The protocol of signing out supplies.

11. Who is Inspector Blakelock?
(a) The local police investigator.
(b) Brenda Pridmore's supervisor at Hoggatts Lab.
(c) The detective from the county seat.
(d) A detective from Scotland Yard.

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

13. What does Angela call Stella Mawson?
(a) Star.
(b) Stellie.
(c) Maw.
(d) Tella.

14. What does Cliff Bradley assert over and over to Dalgliesh?
(a) That Dr. Lorrimer and Blakelock argued frequently.
(b) That Dr. Lorrimer and Howarth disagreed frequently.
(c) That Dr. Lorrimer was hated by almost everyone.
(d) That he knows nothing about any aspect of the crime.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Howarth upset with Lorrimer?

2. What does Dr. Lorrimer inherit from his grandmother?

3. What does Howarth wish?

4. What does Nell do with the candle?

5. What does Brenda need to learn according to her supervisor?

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