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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a common feature of all the unsolved murders of teen couples?
(a) Keys still in the ignition of an abandonded boat.
(b) Keys still in the ignition of an abandonded car.
(c) Bodies are always found in an abandoned car.
(d) Bodies are always found in an abandoned boat.

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

3. What object belonging to Deborah was handled by the person that gave her directions to the rest stop?
(a) Her hairbrush.
(b) Her driver's license.
(c) Her student identification..
(d) Her wallet.

4. Scarpetta also learns one of the missing teens had what kind of medical procedure?
(a) A knee operation.
(b) An appendectomy.
(c) Plastic surgery.
(d) A tonsillectomy.

5. What holiday weekend is being observed when the story opens?
(a) Labor Day weekend.
(b) Fourth of July weekend.
(c) Memorial Day weekend.
(d) Thanksgiving weekend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Scarpetta run into Pat Harvey?

2. What does Scarpetta learn about Hilda Ozimek's findings?

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

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

5. What is the main character's occupation?

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