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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scarpetta say when Benton says he doesn't mind if she eats while they work.
(a) She isn't hungry.
(b) She does mind.
(c) She isn't feeling well.
(d) She can't let people watch her eat.

2. What does Scarpetta say has never bothered her?
(a) Dead bodies.
(b) Floating dismembered heads.
(c) Cops.
(d) The living.

3. Who pulls up as Marino and Scarpetta leave Lori Peterson's house in chapter one?
(a) A representative for the governor.
(b) Bill Boltz, the Commonweath's attorney.
(c) A local radio personality.
(d) The mayor.

4. What does Marino say Mr. Peterson does that most people don't do when they find someone they love murdered?
(a) Talk on and on about it.
(b) Made lewd jokes.
(c) Got quiet.
(d) Gave explicit details.

5. What does Scarpetta say might be the reason that the other women weren't associated with an odd smell?
(a) Because they were found so long after the murders.
(b) No one knew to look for a smell.
(c) There were smaller amounts of the myster substance on the others.
(d) The bodies were wiped down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who found Lori Peterson's body?

2. What does Mr. Peterson say he smelled when he walked into his house?

3. What is on Mr. Peterson's disks regarding his literary dissertations.

4. What does Scarpetta suggest may be the reason that the knife was used by killer?

5. What does Vander ask Scarpetta about Lori Peterson?

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