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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Hanged by the Neck, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dr. Kerrison appear as he is answering Dalgliesh's questions?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Confused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Distracted.

2. Where is Eleanor Kerrison sitting?
(a) On the top step.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the family room.
(d) Up in her bed.

3. What is in the lab that is likely the murder weapon?
(a) A noose lying on the counter.
(b) A bloody mallet.
(c) Nothing that Dalgliesh can see.
(d) A bloody dissection knife.

4. About what does Dalgliesh question Dr. Kerrison concerning Nell?
(a) Why Nell does not speak.
(b) The run-in between Nell and Dr. Lorrimer.
(c) Where Nell was on the night of Dr. Lorrimer's murder.
(d) Why Nell hates Dr. Lorrimer.

5. What time does Miss Williard know Dr. Kerrison is at home the night of the murder?
(a) She has no idea.
(b) She is unwilling to tell the detectives.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) 7 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Stella hire Angela?

2. What about the concert facility does Dalgliesh question Middlemass?

3. Who calls searching for Dr. Lorrimer?

4. What does Dalgliesh think of the people in the library?

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

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