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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Mrs. Bidwell not have to do much in Director Howarth's office?
(a) Mrs. Bidwell and Director Howarth do not get along very well.
(b) He is rarely there.
(c) He likes to do most of the cleaning up himself.
(d) He is meticulous.

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

4. What is missing that belonged to Middlemass's deceased father?
(a) A hat.
(b) A lab coat.
(c) A watch.
(d) A ring.

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

6. Who seems emotionally immune to the process of an autopsy?
(a) Dr. Lorrimer.
(b) Inspector Blakelock.
(c) Brenda Pridmore.
(d) Dr. Kerrison.

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

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

9. By what is Cliff Bradley deeply intimidated?
(a) The thought that he might have to take over an ongoing murder investigation.
(b) The idea of taking care of the new baby.
(c) Dr. Lorrimer.
(d) Susan's mother who is visiting that evening.

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

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

12. What does Mrs. Bidwell tell Dalgliesh about the lab coat?
(a) That the coat with Lorrimer's blood on it has disappeared.
(b) That the lab coat that Dr. Lorrimer accidentally burns is missing.
(c) That Dr. Lorrimer never wore a lab coat.
(d) That Dr. Lorrimer's lab coat was blue rather than white.

13. What does Dr. Lorrimer inherit from his grandmother?
(a) A Citroen.
(b) 100,000 pounds.
(c) 30,000 pounds.
(d) A citeron.

14. What does Detective-Inspector Doyle believe is a good investment?
(a) His car.
(b) Some stocks he recently purchases.
(c) His wife.
(d) His house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Susan think she will talk to for help about Cliff?

2. What surprises Brenda Pridmore?

3. What does Middlemass fail to tell Dalgliesh?

4. Whose son is Massingham?

5. Who is entering the lab as Dr. Lorrimer is being removed?

(see the answer keys)

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