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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose son is Massingham?
(a) Dalgliesh's father's best friend.
(b) A peer of the realm.
(c) A charwoman.
(d) A notorious extortionist.

2. What is in the lab that is likely the murder weapon?
(a) A bloody dissection knife.
(b) A noose lying on the counter.
(c) A bloody mallet.
(d) Nothing that Dalgliesh can see.

3. About what does Stella say life isn't convenient?
(a) That the rain will come right after planting the flower garden.
(b) That the rain and fog will quit before a party Stella and Angela are planning.
(c) A cousin dying so that Stella might receive an inheritance.
(d) That the bus pulls up a moment after the two arrive at the bus stop.

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

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

6. 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 he hates Dr. Lorrimer.
(c) How much he admires Dr. Lorrimer's work.
(d) How much he admires Dr. Lorrimer's affability.

7. What is Middlemass's role in the halftime entertainment at the village concert the night of the murder of Dr. Lorrimer?
(a) A singer.
(b) A violin solo.
(c) That of a hobbyhorse.
(d) A guitar solo.

8. What prints are found on the mallet?
(a) Only those of the owner.
(b) None.
(c) Brenda Pridmore and Dr. Kerrison.
(d) Paul Middlemass.

9. Where does the interview with Angela Foley take place?
(a) In the Director's office.
(b) In Angela's home.
(c) In Dr. Lorrimer's lab.
(d) In the library.

10. How does Director Howarth respond to Dalgliesh's question about what Dr. Lorrimer is like outside of work?
(a) Howarth says Dr. Lorrimer was happy and well adjusted.
(b) Howarth says he did not know him outside of work.
(c) Howarth says Dr. Lorrimer spent much time in London for his social life.
(d) Howarth says Dr. Lorrimer was a loner.

11. Who does Dalgliesh first interview in opening his investigation into the murder of Dr. Lorrimer?
(a) Brenda Pridmore.
(b) Claire Easterbrook.
(c) Director Howarth.
(d) Dr. Kerrison.

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

13. What is Susan Bradley doing when she is introduced to the readers?
(a) She is waking up to breast-feed her new baby.
(b) She is asleep.
(c) She is in the shower.
(d) She is cooking breakfast.

14. Why does Stella hire Angela?
(a) To train Stella's dog.
(b) To take care of the cottage grounds.
(c) To clean house.
(d) To help Stella type.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Paul Middlemass?

3. What is missing that belonged to Middlemass's deceased father?

4. What action is Cliff considering?

5. What does Cliff Bradley assert over and over to Dalgliesh?

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