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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Hanged by the Neck, Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Dalgliesh meet outside Mr. Lorrmier's home?
(a) Winifred Swaffield.
(b) Angela Foley.
(c) Stella Mawson.
(d) Dr. Kerrison.

2. What is all the staff required to do in the library?
(a) Stay there until that evening.
(b) Talk to Howarth who dismisses them one by one.
(c) Read up on investigative law for their particular situation.
(d) Write down all their activities for the past 24 hours.

3. What is lying open on the table?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A tube of acid.
(c) Lorrimer's notebook.
(d) A staining solution.

4. What is the significance of the mallet being in Dr. Lorrimer's lab?
(a) It belongs in the forensics lab.
(b) It belongs in the autopsy room.
(c) It is evidence in another case.
(d) It has never been seen by anyone before.

5. Who wants to see Dalgliesh after he is done at the Lorrimer house?
(a) Director Howarth.
(b) Dr. Lorrimer's solicitor.
(c) Dr. Kerrison.
(d) The cleaning lady at the lab.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blakelock tell Howarth when he comes back downstairs?

2. What does Brenda do before she faints.

3. How do most of the staff seem to respond to Dr. Lorrimer's murder?

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

5. What does Stella say her publisher has for her?

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