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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Scarpetta and Marino fly to South Carolina?
(a) To learn more about Fred Cheney's family.
(b) To find out where Marino's estranged wife is living.
(c) To learn more about the CIA.
(d) To learn more about the serial killer and victims.

2. Who else heard Deborah and Fred being directed to the rest area?
(a) An unidentified man.
(b) Deborah's brothers.
(c) Fred's father.
(d) A woman pumping gas.

3. In what war did American soldiers leave an object similar to the one found in the abandoned cars of the murdered teen couples?
(a) The First Gulf War.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The Korean War
(d) World War II

4. What is the name of the father of one of the missing teens?
(a) Bob Harvey.
(b) Bob Cheney.
(c) Benton Harvey.
(d) Pat Cheney.

5. What does Jay Morrell confess to Marino?
(a) He planted clothing with a bullet hole that Scarpetta found.
(b) He planted the cartridge casing Scarpetta found.
(c) He planted a dead dog that Scarpetta found.
(d) He planted a gun that Scarpetta found.

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

7. What is the occupation of Scarpetta's friend, Abby Turnbull?
(a) Newspaper reporter.
(b) CIA agent.
(c) FBI undercover agent.
(d) Lawyer.

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

9. Who is sitting with Pat Harvey at the press conference?
(a) Scarpetta.
(b) Pat Harvey's husband.
(c) The president.
(d) Bruce Cheney.

10. During the autopsy, what important detail does Scarpetta discover about Deborah's spine?
(a) A bullet was lodged in the vertebrae.
(b) A serious deformity.
(c) Three vertebrae were fused.
(d) A small nail lodged in her spine.

11. In Chapter 5, who is it that Benton Wesley is concerned Scarpetta might have recently seen?
(a) The psychic, Hilda Ozimek.
(b) The publisher of the Washington Post.
(c) Her friend, Abby Turnbull.
(d) The CIA director.

12. Who gave Pat Harvey the tip about the possible drug activities of certain charities?
(a) Abby Turnbull.
(b) The CIA.
(c) Her daughter, Deborah.
(d) The FBI.

13. What was found in an ice chest at the crime scene?
(a) Water.
(b) Beer.
(c) Pepsi.
(d) Fish.

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

15. What key piece of evidence does Scarpetta learn was found at the murder site?
(a) An ace of spades was found in Deborah's purse.
(b) A jack of hearts was found in Deborah's purse.
(c) A jack of hearts was found in Deborah's pants pocket.
(d) A jack of hearts was found near Fred Cheney.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who found the bodies of Deborah and Fred?

2. How does Hilda describe an object still at the site where Deborah and Fred were found?

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

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

5. What is the main character's occupation?

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