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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Scarpetta speaks to her lover on the phone?
(a) They decide to get married.
(b) They both hear a gunshot.
(c) They plan a vacation together.
(d) They have a fight.

2. What does Wesley Benton ask Scarpetta to do with the results of the autopsy?
(a) To be sure the autopsy results were not seen by the CIA.
(b) To change the cause of death for Deborah Harvey.
(c) To release the autopsy results immediately.
(d) To withold the autopsy results.

3. As the story opens, where is the crime scene investigation taking place?
(a) A rest stop off highway I-64.
(b) At a resort in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.
(c) In an apartment building near the Richmond airport.
(d) A beach house on the coast of North Carolina.

4. What were the names of the two teenagers reported missing?
(a) Deborah Harvey and Pete Marino.
(b) Pat Harvey and Fred Cheney.
(c) Pat Harvey and Bob Harvey.
(d) Deborah Harvey and Fred Cheney.

5. In Chapter 5, who is it that Benton Wesley is concerned Scarpetta might have recently seen?
(a) The publisher of the Washington Post.
(b) The psychic, Hilda Ozimek.
(c) The CIA director.
(d) Her friend, Abby Turnbull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object belonging to Deborah was handled by the person that gave her directions to the rest stop?

2. How did the mother of one of the missing teens describe her teenager?

3. Who directed Deborah and Fred to the rest area where their car was later found?

4. Where were the bodies of Deborah Harvey and Fred Cheney found?

5. What does Scarpetta learn about the missing teens' relationship?

(see the answer key)

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