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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was found along with the bodies of Deborah Harvey and Fred Cheney?
(a) Fred's driver's license.
(b) A knife.
(c) A small can of mace.
(d) Deborah's purse.

4. What was found in cemetery where the bodies of Elizabeth Mott and Jill Harrington are discovered?
(a) A silver cigarette lighter.
(b) A shoe.
(c) Cigarette butts.
(d) A spent cartridge casing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Scarpetta say about the skulls of Deborah and Fred?

2. Who calls Scarpetta at home in the evening on the day Fred and Deborah's bodies were found?

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

4. What does Wesley Benton ask Scarpetta to do with the results of the autopsy?

5. Who is Hilda Ozimek referring to when she uses the phrase, "defender, someone who does battle"?

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