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Postmortem | Quiz

Patricia Cornwell
This Study Guide consists of approximately 57 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Postmortem.

Postmortem | Quiz

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1)

What does Frank believe the electric cords in the Peterson home has been cut with? (from Chapter 6)

Same knife used to kill the other victims.
Kitchen knife.
Scissors.
Matt Peterson's survival knife.
2)

What is the killer wearing over his face in chapter sixteen? (from Chapters 15-16)

A ski mask.
White nylon stockings.
Nude pantyhose.
A hockey mask.
3)

What was used to strangle the first victim, Brenda Steppe? (from Chapters 7-8)

Pantyhose.
A belt.
An unidentified object.
A length of rope.
4)

What does Boltz say that they must control until the cops find the killer? (from Chapter 6)

The investigations.
The lack of cooperations.
Their public image.
The leaks to the press.
5)

What does Marino say that Matt Peterson had done the day before? (from Chapters 7-8)

Got arrested.
Left town.
Passed a polygraph.
Failed his polygraph.
6)

Who does Lucy says let her shoot a gun? (from Chapter 9)

Ralph.
Andy.
Her mother.
Her grandmother.
7)

In chapter fifteen what does Scarpetta do before she gets into bed? (from Chapters 15-16)

Calls Benton.
Goes in to check on Lucy.
Calls Boltz.
Puts the .38 under her pillow.
8)

What was the killer doing in Boston years earlier when similar murders had happened there? (from Chapters 15-16)

Working as a crossing guard.
Delivering flowers.
Delivering chickens to a plant in Boston.
Acting as a magician for birthday parties.
9)

What does Lucy say is hidden beside the modem in Scarpetta's closet? (from Chapter 9)

Scarpetta's graphic medical examiner books.
Scarpetta's love letters.
Pictures of Scarpetta's father.
Scarpetta's .38.
10)

What does Scarpetta do when she is stressed or had a bad day? (from Chapters 7-8)

Go for a run.
Get drunk.
Cook.
Go to the beach.
11)

What does Scarpetta admit to Dr. Spiro Fortosis in chapter twelve? (from Chapters 12-13)

She is thinking of quiting.
She wants to kill Marino.
She believes Bill Boltz to be the murderer.
She had met Lori Peterson once before Peterson was murdered.
12)

What does Scarpetta's mother call to say? (from Chapter 9)

That Lucy's mother has gone to get married.
That Scarpetta is going to have to care for Lucy.
That Lucy must come home.
That she is sick.
13)

Why does Boltz say that Turnbull would be willing to hack into the computer for the files about the murders? (from Chapters 7-8)

To win a writting award.
To get back at Boltz for turning her down.
Because she is the murderer.
To get a job at a national newspaper.
14)

What does Margaret tell Scarpetta she has that might be helpful? (from Chapter 14)

Flat file.
Paperwork.
Z drive.
Formatted disk.
15)

Who does Amburgey say that the press has cited their source as in the paper? (from Chapter 6)

A top investigator.
A member of the police force.
A member of the victim's family.
A medical source.
16)

Why does Marino suggest that Bill Boltz wife would take her own life? (from Chapters 12-13)

She found out he was murdering women.
Because she had an overdue library book.
To punish Bill.
She found out about an affair.
17)

Who does Scarpetta call to ask about the old backed up data? (from Chapter 14)

Margaret.
Wingo.
Marino.
Betty.
18)

How many names are on the list for Borawash in Richmond? (from Chapters 10-11)

Seven.
A hundred and thirty.
Seventy-three.
Twenty-two
19)

What do Scarpetta and Benton say that the women had in common in chapter fifteen after Scarpetta explains about her conversation with Cecile's family? (from Chapters 15-16)

Donating to Good Will.
Their voices.
Past athletic injuries.
They are all color blind.
20)

What had Marino not told Scarpetta when she played the 911 tape for him? (from Chapters 15-16)

He knew how to find out who the killer was.
He recognized the voice.
That there was no way to trace the voice.
That he had already figured this out.
21)

What does Scarpetta explain will happen if she can't explain who got into her computer? (from Chapter 9)

She can't explain it.
Scarpetta will have to go somewhere else to work.
The murderer might kill again.
Scarpetta will be in trouble.
22)

What had Abby went to New York for? (from Chapters 10-11)

Book contract.
For a news story.
For her cousin's wedding.
To see a guy she met online.
23)

What does Scarpetta tell her mother when her mother asks her about how bad she sounds? (from Chapter 9)

That it is none of her business.
That she is just fine.
That she is tired.
That she has been sick.
24)

What does Marino ask Scarpetta that makes her angry in chapter twelve? (from Chapters 12-13)

If she had been abused as a child.
If Boltz was rough in bed.
If Boltz had ever raped her.
How Lucy was.
25)

What does Scarpetta say she feels like she will be doing if she goes into Dr. Alvin Amburgey's office without a notepad or something of that nature? (from Chapter 6)

Undressed.
Unprepared.
Naive.
Unshielded.
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