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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday weekend is being observed when the story opens?
(a) Labor Day weekend.
(b) Thanksgiving weekend.
(c) Memorial Day weekend.
(d) Fourth of July weekend.

2. Who calls in the psychic, Hilda Ozimek, on the missing teens' investigation?
(a) Abby Turnbull.
(b) Pete Marino.
(c) Kay Scarpetta.
(d) Pat Harvey.

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

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

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

6. Where does Scarpetta go for exercise?
(a) An indoor pool.
(b) An indoor skating rink.
(c) An indoor tennis club.
(d) An indoor track.

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

8. What does Pat Harvey threaten to do if Scarpetta doesn't give her what she asked for?
(a) Get Scarpetta fired.
(b) File an official complaint with the Virginia Medical Board.
(c) Get a court order.
(d) Get Scarpetta's medical license revoked.

9. What place do Scarpetta and Marino visit after returning from South Carolina?
(a) The location where bodies of Deborah and Fred were found.
(b) The DNA lab at FBI headquarters.
(c) The office of the chief of military intelligence at the Pentagon.
(d) The forensic lab at the Smithsonian.

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

11. What does Hilda tell Scarpetta she can see around people?
(a) Shadows.
(b) Auras.
(c) Halos.
(d) Spirits.

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

13. What were the names of the two teenagers reported missing?
(a) Pat Harvey and Fred Cheney.
(b) Pat Harvey and Bob Harvey.
(c) Deborah Harvey and Fred Cheney.
(d) Deborah Harvey and Pete Marino.

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

15. Which missing teen's mother is dead?
(a) Bob Harvey.
(b) Pete Marino.
(c) Pat Harvey.
(d) Fred Cheney.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is confirmed to Scarpetta at the luncheon meeting at the Globe and Laurel?

3. How does Hilda describe the individual that she "sees" with Fred and Deborah when they disappeared?

4. What does Abby Turnbull tell Scarpetta about her situation?

5. What object does Scarpetta learn was left in the abandoned cars of the other murdered teen couples?

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