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

2. Where is Eleanor Kerrison sitting?
(a) Up in her bed.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) On the top step.
(d) In the family room.

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

4. Who goes to tell Dr. Lorrimer's father about the doctor's death?
(a) Angela Foley and Stella Mawson.
(b) Domenica.
(c) Mercer.
(d) Dalgliesh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Brenda Pridmore?

2. What does Mercer do after offering Dalgliesh assistance?

3. What does the caller tell Mrs. Bidwell early in the morning?

4. By what is Cliff Bradley deeply intimidated?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the staff at Hoggatt's Lab sorted for who needs to stay and who may go home?

2. Describe Mrs. Bidwell.

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

4. Why does Blakelock go up to Dr. Lorrimer's lab and what does he tell Director Howarth when coming back downstairs?

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

6. What does Brenda Pridmore talk about with her parents at breakfast and what is their reaction?

7. What does Paul Middlemass tell Dalgliesh and about what does Middlemass lie?

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

9. Describe Stella Mawson.

10. What does Mrs. Bidwell show Dalgliesh?

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