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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what room do Rebus and Flight talk in at the police station?
(a) The Crime Room.
(b) The Murder Room.
(c) The Staff Room.
(d) The Box Room.

2. Whose pictures does Wolfman look at in the newspaper?
(a) Flight.
(b) Rebus.
(c) Rhona.
(d) Lisa.

3. Where does Lisa take Rebus for dinner?
(a) Chinatown.
(b) King's Cross.
(c) Charing Cross.
(d) Little Italy.

4. Where does Cousins order people to move the body?
(a) The morgue.
(b) The police station.
(c) The grave.
(d) The ambulance.

5. What is the name of the serial killer Rebus will be helping to track down?
(a) Doggie.
(b) Gorilla Boy.
(c) Daisychain.
(d) Wolfman.

6. What is the title of this section?
(a) Fibs.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) Lies.

7. What does Morrison think the bite marks were made by?
(a) An animal.
(b) Dentures.
(c) An elderly man.
(d) A child.

8. What kind of book does Lisa give Rebus to read?
(a) Psychology books.
(b) Maths books.
(c) True crime books.
(d) Crimology books.

9. What kind of bullets does Superintendent Watson tell Rebus to take with him?
(a) Silver bullets.
(b) Poison bullets.
(c) Plastic bullets.
(d) Gold bullets.

10. Why is Flight angry at Rebus?
(a) He has disappeared without a word.
(b) He has tampered with clues.
(c) He is hiding information.
(d) He is being aloof.

11. What competition are the sports fans talking about?
(a) The Scottish Premier League.
(b) The Ryder Cup.
(c) The FA Cup.
(d) The Calcutta Cup.

12. What do Rebus and Flight discuss over breakfast?
(a) Crime fiction.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Women.
(d) Scotland Yard.

13. What does Wolfman use to kill the woman?
(a) A broken glass.
(b) A knife.
(c) A pair of scissors.
(d) A scalpel.

14. What do the teeth make Rebus remember?
(a) A pratical joke he played in school.
(b) His old grandmother.
(c) His old grandfather.
(d) The vendor at the market.

15. What does the killer use to destroy the painting?
(a) A knife.
(b) Tarps.
(c) A spray can.
(d) Red wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of this chapter?

2. Who narrates the last few paragraphs of the first chapter?

3. What country is John Rebus from?

4. What do Rebus and Lisa drink after making love?

5. Who takes Rebus on a tour of the crime scene the next morning?

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