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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Chapter 2 opens, Kay Scarpetta is invited to lunch by whom?
(a) Deborah Harvey.
(b) Bob Harvey.
(c) Pat Harvey.
(d) Pete Marino.

2. Where in the Washington, DC area does Dr. Alex Vessey work?
(a) At the Maryland Medical Examiner's Office.
(b) At the Pentagon.
(c) At Walter Reed Hospital.
(d) At the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

3. 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 CIA director.
(c) The psychic, Hilda Ozimek.
(d) Her friend, Abby Turnbull.

4. What does Scarpetta learn about Hilda Ozimek's findings?
(a) Scarpetta learns the parents were told the teens are dead.
(b) Scarpetta learns the parents were told the teens are okay.
(c) Scarpetta learns nothing.
(d) Scarpetta learns the parents were told the teens eloped.

5. Why were police called to the crime scene?
(a) An abandoned row boat was discovered.
(b) Two swimmers were reported missing.
(c) A foul odor was disturbing neighbors.
(d) An abandoned Jeep Cherokee was found.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a common feature of all the unsolved murders of teen couples?

3. What was found along with the bodies of Deborah Harvey and Fred Cheney?

4. How does the mother of one of the missing teens arrive at the crime scene?

5. Who does Pat Harvey suspect is behind the murder of her daughter?

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