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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of chapter six what does Scarpetta compare the Forensic Science Bureau to?
(a) Beehive.
(b) Madhouse.
(c) Prairie dog village.
(d) Ant colony.

2. What name has Scarpetta given the killer that they are looking for?
(a) The Theif.
(b) Mr. Nobody.
(c) The Watcher.
(d) Dr. Giggles.

3. What does Marino say happened when they started questioning Mr. Peterson?
(a) He refused to answer any questions.
(b) He kept changing his story.
(c) His personality completely changed.
(d) He admitted he hated his wife.

4. What does the laser find of Peterson's body?
(a) Spit from the killer.
(b) Fibers from the killer's clothing.
(c) Three partial prints.
(d) Hair from the killer.

5. What does Neils Vander say about the laser machine and himself in chapter two?
(a) They are both running low on juice.
(b) They are both slow to warm up.
(c) They are both on the fritz.
(d) They are both sensitive and complicated.

6. What does Marino say might be the cause of the substance found on Lori Peterson?
(a) Greasepaint.
(b) Cornstarch.
(c) Animal fat.
(d) Foundation.

7. How does Marino describe Mr. Peterson in chapter two?
(a) As goofy as a shithouse rat.
(b) Worth as much as a huntin' dog with no nose.
(c) As crooked as a politician.
(d) A slick as snot on a log.

8. What was used to tie up Lori Peterson's hands?
(a) Rope from the curtains.
(b) Toilet papper and glue.
(c) Duck tape from her house.
(d) Electrical cord from the lamps.

9. What does Scarpetta learn happened at the Peterson the night that Lori was killed?
(a) A fire alarm went off.
(b) Matt Peterson was home and had a fight with a neighbor.
(c) Someone called 911 from her house.
(d) Lori Peterson was involved in an altercation.

10. What does Scarpetta say happened to Boltz's wife?
(a) He has never been married.
(b) She turned out to be crazy.
(c) They divorced.
(d) She died.

11. Where does Matt tell Marino he met Lori?
(a) They worked together.
(b) A party.
(c) He paid a friend to introduce them.
(d) In class.

12. What play does Marino say Mr. Peterson is involved in?
(a) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

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

14. Who found Lori Peterson's body?
(a) Some kids.
(b) Police.
(c) A sanitation worker.
(d) Her husband.

15. What possible connection does Marino explain he has made recently between Brenda Steppe and Lori Peterson?
(a) Lori's neice is in Brenda's class.
(b) Brenda was treated at the ER where Lori worked.
(c) Both women used the same female doctor.
(d) Brenda jogged by Lori's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Amburgey say that the press has cited their source as in the paper?

2. What does Scarpetta say might be the reason that the other women weren't associated with an odd smell?

3. Why does Marino say that there should have been footprints found in Lori Peterson's bathroom where the killer apparently entered?

4. Who is Scarpetta continually thinking about while talking to Betty?

5. What is found in Mrs. Peterson's dresser drawer that Scarpetta finds unusual?

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