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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What information does Pat Harvey claim is being "covered-up" by the police, the FBI, and the Medical Examiner's Office?
(a) The killer's calling card.
(b) The identity of the serial killer.
(c) The involvement of drug gangs.
(d) The cause of death.

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

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

4. As Chapter 2 opens, Kay Scarpetta is invited to lunch by whom?
(a) Pat Harvey.
(b) Deborah Harvey.
(c) Bob Harvey.
(d) Pete Marino.

5. Why is Scarpetta in Richmond?
(a) To learn about a legislative bill.
(b) To consult a psychic.
(c) To accept a speaking engagement.
(d) To see her lover.

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

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

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

9. What does Hilda report she "saw" when she was taken to Deborah's abandoned Jeep?
(a) A knife with a serrated blade.
(b) Night vision goggles.
(c) A Swiss army knife.
(d) A knotted rope.

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

11. What famous Virginia location is close to the Globe and Laurel?
(a) Richmond, Virginia
(b) Quantico, Virginia
(c) Williamsburg, Virginia
(d) Vienna, Virginia

12. How did the mother of one of the missing teens describe her teenager?
(a) Very lazy.
(b) Very private.
(c) Very messy.
(d) Very undisciplined.

13. What do Marino and Scarpetta find where Deborah was shot?
(a) A spent cartridge casing.
(b) A dead dog.
(c) An article of her clothing with a bullet hole.
(d) A gun.

14. What happened to Abby Turnbull's sister?
(a) She became an alcoholic.
(b) She got into drugs.
(c) She went to prison.
(d) She was murdered.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was found at the crime scene, alerting investigators the teens had made a stop?

2. What does Scarpetta learn about the missing teens' relationship?

3. Who does Scarpetta call after returning home from Washington, DC?

4. Scarpetta learns the missing teens were varsity athletes in what sports?

5. Why does Scarpetta take the bones of Fred and Deborah to Washington, DC?

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