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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 happens when Brenda is walking home?
(a) She is met by Doyle.
(b) Her over-active imagination sees things.
(c) She is met by Dr. Kerrison.
(d) She is singing.

2. What seems paradoxical about Mr. Lorrimer when he speaks of his son?
(a) He seems to both love and hate his son.
(b) He seems to both like and dislike his son.
(c) He seems both proud of and yet disparging of his son.
(d) He talks of him as if he were alive and yet also dead.

3. What are Massingham and Dalgliesh doing when they hear chapel bells?
(a) Sitting in a car talking about the case.
(b) Talking to Inspector Doyle at the police station.
(c) In the lab office.
(d) In their hotel rooms near the chapel.

4. According to Mr. Lorrimer, for what does his son live?
(a) His sister.
(b) His social activities in London.
(c) Work.
(d) God.

5. What is the most striking thing about Dr. Lorrimer's room?
(a) The fact that there is very little in the room.
(b) The collection of toy soldiers lining shelves on the wall.
(c) A huge chart of the milky way galaxy.
(d) The large number of books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rummaged through the upstairs of Mr. Lorrimer's house earlier in the day?

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

3. To whose car are the tire tracks matched?

4. Who takes Brenda Pridmore home?

5. Who do Dalgliesh and Massingham visit in relation to Doyle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Miss Willard.

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

3. What does Dalgliesh learn upon interviewing Inspector Doyle?

4. What does Dalgliesh ask Domenica and Howarth and what astounds the detectives with Domenica's reply?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Domenica Schofield.

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

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