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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Maxim Howarth?
(a) The investigator on the young woman's murder case.
(b) The newly-appointed Director of the Forensic Science Laboratory.
(c) A detective from Scotland Yard.
(d) A police officer.

2. Where was Director Howarth the night before?
(a) In London.
(b) At the village concert.
(c) At a woman's house for dinner.
(d) At his mother's home.

3. What does Brenda Pridmore start to do but then stops?
(a) Call Dr. Lorrimer's father.
(b) Give an additional piece of information to Dalgliesh.
(c) Tell Easterbrook that Dr. Lorrimer was secretly in love with her.
(d) Quit her job.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What about the concert facility does Dalgliesh question Middlemass?

2. What important piece of information does Dalgliesh learn from his first interviewee?`

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

4. What does Mrs. Bidwell explain to Dalgliesh?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mrs. Bidwell.

2. Who arrives at the lab before any one else and what surprises one of them?

3. Describe Angela Foley.

4. Describe the conversation between Brenda Pridmore and Adam Dalgliesh.

5. What does Nell do after her father has left the house?

6. Why is Dr. Kerrison leaving his home in the middle of the night and what is his biggest concern?

7. What does Howarth do after Dalgliesh arrives and what does Dalgliesh learn about the case?

8. Describe Brenda Pridmore.

9. What is the situation with Mawson and Foley's need for money and how is Dr. Lorrimer mentioned in regards to money?

10. How does the interview between Dalgliesh and Easterbrook go and what does Dalgliesh learn?

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