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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Scarpetta know Anna Zenner?
(a) Scarpetta saw Anna professionally.
(b) From an old newspaper article.
(c) Scarpetta worked with Anna on special cases.
(d) She had worked with another parent in Virginia.

2. Why do the police search Scarpetta's house after Steven Spurrier is killed?
(a) They are looking for listening devices.
(b) They are looking for Mark James's belongings.
(c) They are looking for Abby Turnbull's belongings.
(d) They are looking for Lucy's belongings.

3. Who is the owner of The Dealer's Room?
(a) Mark James.
(b) Steven Spurrier.
(c) Muhammed Ali.
(d) Sylvia Barnes.

4. What is "The Farm"?
(a) A minor league baseball training facility.
(b) A CIA training camp.
(c) A training facility for search and rescue dogs.
(d) A training facility for horses.

5. What prescription medication was found in Jill Harrington's body?
(a) Librax.
(b) Lithium.
(c) Prozac.
(d) Valium.

6. Who is Mad Dog Mama?
(a) Scarpetta's teaching skeleton.
(b) Hilda Ozimek.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) Pat Harvey.

7. What is the name of the national magazine that runs a feature story on Pat Harvey and her murdered daughter?
(a) Time Magazine.
(b) New York Times Magazine.
(c) Newsweek Magazine.
(d) New Yorker Magazine.

8. Who else is killed at Steven Spurrier's home?
(a) Pat Harvey.
(b) Mark James.
(c) Clifford Ring.
(d) Abby Turnbull.

9. What do the DNA test results show about the blood found in the backseat of Elizabeth Mott's car?
(a) The DNA tests are inconclusive.
(b) The blood is not a match with Steven Spurrier.
(c) The blood is a match with Steven Spurrier.
(d) The DNA tests reveal another suspect.

10. How was Jill Harrington murdered?
(a) She was strangled.
(b) She was shot and stabbed.
(c) She was strangled and shot.
(d) She was stabbed 11 times.

11. What is the explanation Scarpetta suggests for the blood in the back seat of Elizabeth's car?
(a) The blood has nothing to do with the killer.
(b) There was someone else in the backseat with the killer.
(c) The killer had a nosebleed
(d) The killer accidently cut himself.

12. What does Pat Harvey learn about her husband from an article in the Washington Post?
(a) He is a former CIA agent.
(b) He was drunk in a bar the night Deborah disappeared.
(c) He has always resented Pat's political aspirations.
(d) He is having an affair.

13. Who is Detective Montana?
(a) A specialist with the FBI.
(b) A member of the VICAP team.
(c) He works with Marino.
(d) A police investigator.

14. What item does Benton Wesley tell Scarpetta that Spurrier purchased through a catalog?
(a) A pair of night-vision goggles.
(b) A box of bullets.
(c) A gym bag.
(d) A serrated army knife.

15. What activity did Harrington and Mott like to do together, for instance on Sunday mornings?
(a) Crossword puzzles.
(b) Go to brunch.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Visit the zoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Central American dictator once on the CIA payroll?

2. What "profile" of the serial killer is emerging in Chapter 16?

3. What does Scarpetta see when she enters The Dealer's Room?

4. What activity has the CIA been banned from carrying-out since the Ford Administration?

5. Why are Scarpetta and Marino interested in a possible gym bag?

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