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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls Scarpetta at home in the evening on the day Fred and Deborah's bodies were found?
(a) Pat Harvey.
(b) Abby Turnbul.
(c) Fred Cheney's father.
(d) Haresh.

2. What is one theory as to who might have killed Deborah and Fred?
(a) Deborah's former boyfriend.
(b) A hit man working for a drug cartel.
(c) Pat Harvey.
(d) Fred's former girlfriend.

3. Who does Scarpetta meet at the Globe and Laurel?
(a) Clifford Ring.
(b) Publisher of the Washington Post.
(c) Benton Wesley.
(d) Chief of the FBI Homicide Investigations Unit.

4. What did Scarpetta notice both Fred and Deborah were missing?
(a) All of their teeth.
(b) Shoes and socks.
(c) Their wallets.
(d) All of their clothing.

5. During the autopsy, what important detail does Scarpetta discover about Deborah's spine?
(a) A serious deformity.
(b) A small nail lodged in her spine.
(c) Three vertebrae were fused.
(d) A bullet was lodged in the vertebrae.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who found the bodies of Deborah and Fred?

2. Where does Scarpetta go for exercise?

3. What do Marino and Scarpetta think about the cemetery location?

4. In Chapter 5, who is it that Benton Wesley is concerned Scarpetta might have recently seen?

5. What is the explanation Scarpetta suggests for the blood in the back seat of Elizabeth's car?

(see the answer key)

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