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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Scarpetta take the bones of Fred and Deborah to Washington, DC?
(a) She wanted to deliver the remains to the funeral home Pat Harvey had selected.
(b) She wanted to take the bones to the FBI lab.
(c) She wanted to have the chief forensic specialist at Walter Reed Hospital examine the remains.
(d) She wanted to confer with Dr. Vessey at the Smithsonian.

2. How was Elizabeth Mott killed?
(a) She was strangled.
(b) She was shot in the neck and stabbed in the chest.
(c) Her throat was cut.
(d) She was shot in the back.

3. What was the relationship between Jill Harrington and Elizabeth Mott?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Former roommates.
(c) Lovers.
(d) Partners in the same law firm.

4. When interviewed, what does Mr. Joyce remember seeing on a July night when he went to his mailbox?
(a) A dark car slowly moving without headlights.
(b) A dog trotting out of the woods.
(c) A man and a woman walking towards the woods.
(d) A car speeding down the road.

5. What place do Scarpetta and Marino visit after returning from South Carolina?
(a) The forensic lab at the Smithsonian.
(b) The location where bodies of Deborah and Fred were found.
(c) The office of the chief of military intelligence at the Pentagon.
(d) The DNA lab at FBI headquarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disguise do Scarpetta and the investigators think a serial killer might be using to lure victims?

2. What does Pete Marino think about Scarpetta's friend, Abby Turnbull?

3. Who does Scarpetta plan to visit in South Carolina?

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

5. What mistake does Scarpetta think the killer made years before he murdered Deborah and Fred?

(see the answer key)

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