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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hilda describe the individual that she "sees" with Fred and Deborah when they disappeared?
(a) A tall, powerfully built man wearing a baseball cap.
(b) A small, dark-skinned man wearing a baseball cap.
(c) A slender, light-complected man of medium height.
(d) A slender, dark-complected man of medium height.

2. What accusation does Pat Harvey level against the US Justice Department?
(a) The Justice Department bungled the murder investigation.
(b) Involvement in a conspiracy.
(c) The Justice Department kidnapped her daughter.
(d) The Justice Department killed her daugher.

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

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

5. Where does Scarpetta run into Pat Harvey?
(a) In Richmond.
(b) At a holiday party.
(c) In Williamsburg, VA.
(d) In Washington, DC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarpetta suspect is of greatest importance to the serial killer?

2. Why doesn't Hilda meet Scarpetta and Marino at the airport?

3. According to Scarpetta, why did Wesley move the bodies of Deborah and Fred in violation of procedure?

4. What is Scarpetta's relationship with her rescuer who leads her to Wesley's house?

5. What famous Virginia location is close to the Globe and Laurel?

(see the answer key)

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