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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. Who is Inspector Blakelock?
(a) The local police investigator.
(b) A detective from Scotland Yard.
(c) The detective from the county seat.
(d) Brenda Pridmore's supervisor at Hoggatts Lab.

2. What does Dalgliesh figure about the window above the bathrooms?
(a) That no one could conceivably make it to the ground that way.
(b) That the window is painted shut and inoperable.
(c) That a slender person could conceivably make it to the ground that way.
(d) Dalgliesh does not notice the window.

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

4. Who seems emotionally immune to the process of an autopsy?
(a) Brenda Pridmore.
(b) Dr. Kerrison.
(c) Inspector Blakelock.
(d) Dr. Lorrimer.

5. What is Dr. Kerrison's biggest concern as he is leaving?
(a) That he forgets his coffee on the kitchen counter.
(b) The neighbors seeing him.
(c) Not waking up his daughter.
(d) The need for speed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Middlemass do to Dr. Lorrimer?

2. Who chats openly and honestly with Dalgliesh?

3. What do the men discuss at the murder scene?

4. What encounter does Blakelock describe to Dalgliesh?

5. Who is Brenda Pridmore?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Paul Middlemass tell Dalgliesh and about what does Middlemass lie?

2. How is the staff at Hoggatt's Lab sorted for who needs to stay and who may go home?

3. About what situation does Dalgliesh try to understand?

4. What does Howarth do after Dalgliesh arrives and what does Dalgliesh learn about the case?

5. What does Mrs. Bidwell show Dalgliesh?

6. What does Nell do after her father has left the house?

7. Describe Dr. Kerrison.

8. What does Susan Bradley ask of Paul Middlemass and what does he do about the request?

9. What is the situation with Mawson and Foley's need for money and how is Dr. Lorrimer mentioned in regards to money?

10. Describe the conversation between Brenda Pridmore and Adam Dalgliesh.

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