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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 Paul Middlemass?
(a) The detective in charge of the homicide division.
(b) The Police Chief.
(c) Supervisor of the Document Examination Room.
(d) The Constable.

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

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

4. How does Inspector Blakelock behave while being questioned by Dalgliesh?
(a) He stands at attention.
(b) He is openly hostile at Scotland Yard being assigned the case.
(c) He sits and chats like the two are old buddies.
(d) He becomes agitated.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Director Howarth the night before?

3. What do the detectives think about Mrs. Bidwell's version of the fight between Middlemass and Lorrimer?

4. Who requested that Angela check the keys in the safe?

5. What is lying open on the table?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Howarth doing the night of Dr. Lorrimer's murder and how does he back up his story?

3. Describe Dr. Kerrison.

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

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

6. Describe Stella Mawson.

7. What does Mrs. Bidwell show Dalgliesh?

8. Describe the scene between Cliff and Susan Bradley as she is breastfeeding their new baby.

9. Why is Dr. Lorrimer's father calling and what does Brenda offer to do?

10. How do Angela Foley and Stella Mawson come to be living together?

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