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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What personal item of one of the missing teens was found at the crime scene?
(a) A purple scarf.
(b) A red purse.
(c) A blue backpack.
(d) A black wallet.

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

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

4. What does Scarpetta learn about Abby Turnbull?
(a) She's having a baby.
(b) She's teaching.
(c) She's gone to Europe.
(d) She's writing a book.

5. What did Scarpetta notice both Fred and Deborah were missing?
(a) Shoes and socks.
(b) Their wallets.
(c) All of their teeth.
(d) All of their clothing.

6. What do Scarpetta and Turnbull believe Camp Peary might be?
(a) Training ground for the Virginia National Guard.
(b) Training ground for the Green Berets.
(c) Training ground for CIA agents.
(d) Training ground for the Marines.

7. 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 confer with Dr. Vessey at the Smithsonian.
(d) She wanted to have the chief forensic specialist at Walter Reed Hospital examine the remains.

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

9. What caused the intense reaction by one of the search and rescue dogs at the crime scene?
(a) Reaction to the handler's behavior.
(b) The dog was getting sick.
(c) Reaction to a skunk.
(d) Reaction to a strong scent of human pheromones.

10. Who does Scarpetta meet at the Globe and Laurel?
(a) Clifford Ring.
(b) Benton Wesley.
(c) Chief of the FBI Homicide Investigations Unit.
(d) Publisher of the Washington Post.

11. How does the mother of one of the missing teens arrive at the crime scene?
(a) By helicopter.
(b) By ski-doo.
(c) By bus.
(d) By motor boat.

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

13. What is the name of Scarpetta's sometime lover?
(a) David.
(b) Brad.
(c) Pete.
(d) Mark.

14. What was found in the other abandoned cars, but missing from Deborah's Jeep?
(a) One white glove.
(b) White cotton fibers.
(c) One red rose.
(d) One white rose.

15. What is one theory as to who might have killed Deborah and Fred?
(a) Deborah's former boyfriend.
(b) A hit man working for a drug cartel.
(c) Fred's former girlfriend.
(d) Pat Harvey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Scarpetta speaks to her lover on the phone?

2. What does Hilda report she "saw" when she was taken to Deborah's abandoned Jeep?

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

4. In what war did American soldiers leave an object similar to the one found in the abandoned cars of the murdered teen couples?

5. Where does Scarpetta run into Pat Harvey?

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