2. Who stays with Mr. Lorrimer immediately after the news of his son's death is given him?
(a) His daughter.
(b) Angela and Stella.
(c) His neighbor.
(d) The priest.

3. What does Howarth wish?
(a) That he and his wife had been able to leave that day on their vacation.
(b) That he had not said he would be at the murder scene.
(c) That he had not given up his former job.
(d) That his daughter is safe in London.

4. About what does Howarth have a conference with Dr. Lorrimer?
(a) Cliff Bradley's evaluation.
(b) Training Brenda Pridmore to create stains.
(c) The sloppy lab procedures.
(d) Training Angela Foley to keep the lab reports up to date.

5. How is Angela during her initial interview with Dalgliesh?
(a) Reserved.
(b) Open.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Hostile.

6. What does Mercer do?
(a) Tells Dalgliesh his agency is out of order for coming in on the case.
(b) Confirms arrangements for police guards and the packaging of evidence to go the Scotland Yard.
(c) Lies about his whereabouts the night before.
(d) Requests to stay on the case.

7. Who checks the keys in the safe with Angela on the morning of Dr. Lorrimer's death?
(a) Pridmore.
(b) Blakelock.
(c) She does the check by herself.
(d) Howarth.

8. What does Dalgliesh want to be recovered in the bathroom sink?
(a) Some hairs.
(b) Vomit.
(c) A ring.
(d) Nothing.

9. Who is a cousin to Dr. Lorrimer?
(a) Angela.
(b) Dr. Kerrison.
(c) Brenda.
(d) Stella.

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

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

12. Who interrupts the meeting between Howarth and Dr. Lorrimer?
(a) Paul Middlemass.
(b) Domenica.
(c) Dr. Kerrison.
(d) Angela Foley.

13. What action is Cliff considering?
(a) Divorcing Susan.
(b) Killing Dr. Lorrimer.
(c) Killing his mother-in-law.
(d) Resigning his job.

14. What does Howarth think to himself about Lorrimer as they are wrapping up the crime scene?
(a) How he wishes Dr. Lorrimer would resign.
(b) How much he admires Dr. Lorrimer's affability.
(c) How much he admires Dr. Lorrimer's work.
(d) How he hates Dr. Lorrimer.

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