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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 do the detectives do immediately?
(a) Call 911.
(b) Start resusitation upon Stella.
(c) Run after a figure they see in the gardens.
(d) Handcuff Domenica.

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

3. What does Brenda do before she faints.
(a) Calls Dalgliesh on the chapel phone.
(b) Hits Dr. Kerrison.
(c) Screams.
(d) Rings the chapel bell.

4. Who lives at Sprogg's Cottage?
(a) Director Howarth.
(b) Angela Foley and Stella Mawson.
(c) Brenda Pridmore and her parents.
(d) Dr. Kerrison and his family.

5. To what does Domenica admit?
(a) Being in the lab the night of the murder.
(b) Flirting with Dr. Lorrimer, but it never went further.
(c) An affair with Dr. Lorrimer.
(d) Being at the bus stop the night of the murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Dalgliesh discovered on his first day of investigating?

2. Where is Doyle parked the night of the murder of Lorrimer?

3. What accounting does Mawson give Dalgliesh?

4. What does Howarth tell Brenda Pridmore when she arrives at work?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Maxim Howarth's thoughts about Domenica?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Domenica Schofield.

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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