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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. Why does Angela Foley's grandmother not raise Angela?
(a) The grandmother despised Angela's mother.
(b) The grandmother was mentally incompetent.
(c) The grandmother was too poor.
(d) The grandmother dies just days after Angela's mother.

2. Who is Domenica Schofield?
(a) The evidence lab recorder.
(b) The witness on the bus.
(c) Director Howarth's half-sister.
(d) Director Howarth's sister-in-law.

3. Who is Alfred Goddard?
(a) Dr. Lorrimer's gardener.
(b) A witness who was riding the bus the night of the murder.
(c) Dr. Lorrimer's solicitor.
(d) Angela Foley's father.

4. What does Domenica look like?
(a) Her looks are not described.
(b) She looks like a Mother Superior.
(c) She is knock-dead gorgeous.
(d) She looks like a mouse in a church.

5. What do Pridmore and Howarth discuss?
(a) Whether Pridmore will accept the inheritance from Dr. Lorrimer.
(b) The comparison of the process of scientific research to that of murder detective work.
(c) Pridmore going to school in London.
(d) Pridmore working her way in to a biologist position at the lab.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives at Sprogg's Cottage?

2. With whom does Miss Williard ride to church?

3. About what does Howarth blame himself?

4. What is the name of Dr. Lorrimer's home?

5. What does Doyle plan to do about his job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Inspector Doyle.

2. What do Angela Foley and Stella Mawson talk about before Stella leaves the house?

3. Describe the scene at the chapel when Dalgliesh and Massingham arrive and what do they do.

4. Who do Dalgliesh and Massingham meet upon arriving at the Lorrimer cottage and what do they learn from the person?

5. What does Angela Foley do when she learns of Stella's death and what does Dalgliesh believe about the death?

6. Describe Maxim Howarth's thoughts about Domenica?

7. What does Dalgliesh learn from Domenica about Dr. Lorrimer?

8. What does Dalgliesh think about concerning his interview with Dr. Kerrison?

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

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

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