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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 Angela do when she learns of Stella's death?
(a) Attacks Domenica.
(b) Runs screaming after the mortuary gurney.
(c) Faints.
(d) Attacks Director Howarth.

2. To whose car are the tire tracks matched?
(a) Dr. Kerrison.
(b) Dr. Lorrimer.
(c) Director Howarth.
(d) Inspector Doyle.

3. What is Anglela's seeming attitude towards Dr. Lorrimer?
(a) She thought he was perfect.
(b) She thought he was aloof.
(c) She was afraid of him.
(d) She thought he was stingy.

4. What is Domenica's attitude towards the detectives?
(a) Completely hostile.
(b) Very warm and friendly.
(c) Neither warm nor hostile.
(d) Tearful.

5. What is Brenda looking for in the files in Dr. Howarth's office?
(a) Any mention of Dr. Lorrimer and his affair with Howarth's sister.
(b) Any that mention the numbers eighteen or forty burned candles.
(c) Any mention of an argument between Dr. Lorrimer and any other staff member.
(d) Any mistake in the staining process.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new information does Domenica give the detectives?

2. About what does the rector's wife talk non-stop?

3. Why does Bradley ask for a brief interview with Dr. Lorrimer?

4. What does Stella probably know?

5. How does Dr. Kerrison appear as he is answering Dalgliesh's questions?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dalgliesh sum up his investigation so far at the end of the first day?

2. Describe Inspector Doyle.

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

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

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

6. Describe Domenica Schofield.

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

8. Describe Miss Willard.

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

10. Where does Brenda work the day after the discovery of the murder and what does she discuss with Director Howarth?

(see the answer keys)

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