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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Angela do when she learns of Stella's death?
(a) Attacks Domenica.
(b) Faints.
(c) Runs screaming after the mortuary gurney.
(d) Attacks Director Howarth.

2. What does Stella probably know?
(a) A way to void the new will of Dr. Lorrimer.
(b) A new plot for a book that will bring the two women money.
(c) The name of Dr. Lorrimer's killer.
(d) Why Dr. Lorrimer wanted to change his will.

3. With whom does Miss Williard ride to church?
(a) Dr. Kerrison.
(b) Dr. Lorrimer.
(c) Director Howarth.
(d) The Pridmores.

4. Why does Angela Foley's grandmother not raise Angela?
(a) The grandmother despised Angela's mother.
(b) The grandmother was mentally incompetent.
(c) The grandmother dies just days after Angela's mother.
(d) The grandmother was too poor.

5. What happens to Dr. Lorrimer for about six months?
(a) He takes a class in London on forensics psychology.
(b) He stops going to church.
(c) He is morose and moody.
(d) He seems almost happy.

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

7. Why is Mr. Bidwell interviewed?
(a) He took a call and message for his wife.
(b) He may be the man standing inside the bus stop shelter.
(c) He heard an altercation between Dr. Lorrimer and William Kerrison.
(d) He witnessed a man climbing out of the bathroom window at the lab.

8. Who takes Brenda Pridmore home?
(a) Domenica Schofield.
(b) Dalgliesh.
(c) Massingham.
(d) Massinghamd and Dalgliesh.

9. What do the detectives immediately see upon opening the chapel door?
(a) It is dark and they see nothing.
(b) Angela holding Stella's legs.
(c) Domenica opening a trunk in the sacristy.
(d) Stella Mawson's body.

10. About what does Dalgliesh question Dr. Kerrison concerning Nell?
(a) Where Nell was on the night of Dr. Lorrimer's murder.
(b) The run-in between Nell and Dr. Lorrimer.
(c) Why Nell does not speak.
(d) Why Nell hates Dr. Lorrimer.

11. Who sees Dr. Lorrimer dead but leaves the scene without telling anyone?
(a) No one.
(b) Cliff Bradley.
(c) Director Howarth.
(d) Domenica Schofield.

12. How does Stella Mawson appear to Dalgliesh?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Not at peaceful.
(c) Resigned.
(d) Terrified.

13. What does Stella say her publisher has for her?
(a) Money.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A new assignment.
(d) A bonus assignment.

14. What does Doyle plan to do about his job?
(a) Ask for a promotion.
(b) He does not mention his job.
(c) Resign it.
(d) Ask for a transfer.

15. Why does Brenda decide to cut through the new lab construction site?
(a) She wants to see how the contruction is progressing.
(b) She decides not to cut through the site.
(c) Her tires are flat and she wants to get home quickly.
(d) She wants to pick some flowers in the chapel garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose letters do the detectives find in a locked drawer in Dr. Lorrimer's room?

2. For what does Angela want to search?

3. What does Mr. Lorrimer remember about a conversation with a woman who calls earlier in the week?

4. What is Brenda looking for in the files in Dr. Howarth's office?

5. What does Brenda's mother insist that Brenda tell the police?

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