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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 is the name of Dr. Lorrimer's home?
(a) Pastime Cottage.
(b) Cod Cottage.
(c) Coldstone Cottage.
(d) Postmill Cottage.

2. How long has Mawson been dead?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) It is difficult to say.
(d) A few minutes.

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

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

5. What new information does Domenica give the detectives?
(a) That she is having an affair with Inspector Doyle.
(b) That she saw Dr. Lorrimer being murdered.
(c) The fact that Dr. Lorrimer and Stella Mawson were once married.
(d) That Dr. Lorrimer was having an affair with Angela Foley.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Dalgliesh and Massingham visit Dr. Kerrison?

2. For how long has Domenica been widowed?

3. For what does Angela want to search?

4. Who sees Dr. Lorrimer dead but leaves the scene without telling anyone?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Major Hunt tell Dalgliesh and Massingham about Dr. Lorrimer's will?

2. What does Dalgliesh find during his search of the chapel?

3. What does Dalgliesh learn from Miss Willard?

4. Describe Brenda Pridmore's walk through the construction site.

5. Describe Miss Willard.

6. What does Dalgliesh learn upon interviewing Inspector Doyle?

7. Where do Dalgliesh and Massingham go at the opening of Book 4, Chapter 1 and what do they learn?

8. What additional information does Dalgliesh learn from Angela Foley?

9. What do the detectives from in a locked drawer in Dr. Lorrimer's room?

10. Why is Brenda Pridmore's mother upset and what does she want Brenda to tell Dalgliesh?

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