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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the murders of Deborah and Fred, who does Marino think was killed first?
(a) Fred Cheney.
(b) Killer forced Fred to shoot Deborah.
(c) Deborah Harvey.
(d) Fred and Deborah were killed together.

3. What paper does Abby work for?
(a) The Washington Post.
(b) The Baltimore Sun.
(c) The Richmond Times.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

4. What is covering the area where Marino and Scarpetta believe Deborah was shot?
(a) Marsh.
(b) Kudzu.
(c) Poison ivy.
(d) Sumac.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Scarpetta's sometime lover?

2. Where does Scarpetta run into Pat Harvey?

3. What personal item of one of the missing teens was found at the crime scene?

4. When Scarpetta is paged, what does she learn?

5. As Chapter 2 opens, Kay Scarpetta is invited to lunch by whom?

(see the answer key)

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