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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 checks the keys in the safe with Angela on the morning of Dr. Lorrimer's death?
(a) Pridmore.
(b) Howarth.
(c) Blakelock.
(d) She does the check by herself.

2. What does the caller tell Mrs. Bidwell early in the morning?
(a) Not to come in to work at the lab that morning.
(b) That her husband is in the hospital.
(c) That her son was ill and she needs to go to London.
(d) That the person who gives her a ride to work is unable to pick her up.

3. Why does Director Howarth know Dr. Lorrimer looked at a book on Howarth's desk?
(a) He is not sure if Dr. Lorrimer looked at it.
(b) It was open to a different page than the one to which Howarth had it turned.
(c) It was put back on the shelf.
(d) The book was on the table when it had been on the desk.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first arrives at the lab in Book 2, Chapter 1?

2. Where is Eleanor Kerrison sitting?

3. What is all the staff required to do in the library?

4. About whom does Kerrison think on the drive to the murder site?

5. How does Inspector Blakelock behave while being questioned by Dalgliesh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Susan Bradley ask of Paul Middlemass and what does he do about the request?

2. What does Howarth talk to Dr. Lorrimer about and what is the outcome?

3. How helpful is the interview with Cliff Bradley for Dalgliesh?

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

5. What does Mrs. Bidwell show Dalgliesh?

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

7. Describe Dr. Kerrison.

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

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

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

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