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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scarpetta learn about Hilda Ozimek's findings?
(a) Scarpetta learns the parents were told the teens are dead.
(b) Scarpetta learns the parents were told the teens eloped.
(c) Scarpetta learns the parents were told the teens are okay.
(d) Scarpetta learns nothing.

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

3. What is a common feature of all the unsolved murders of teen couples?
(a) Keys still in the ignition of an abandonded boat.
(b) Bodies are always found in an abandoned car.
(c) Keys still in the ignition of an abandonded car.
(d) Bodies are always found in an abandoned boat.

4. Who is the main character introduced first in this chapter?
(a) Bob Harvey.
(b) Kay Scarpetta.
(c) Deborah Harvey.
(d) Pete Marino.

5. Where does Scarpetta run into Pat Harvey?
(a) At a holiday party.
(b) In Washington, DC.
(c) In Williamsburg, VA.
(d) In Richmond.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What personal item of one of the missing teens was found at the crime scene?

3. What does Wesley Benton ask Scarpetta to do with the results of the autopsy?

4. What famous Virginia location is close to the Globe and Laurel?

5. What did Scarpetta's lover want her to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Scarpetta struggle over spending time with Abby Turnbull in Chapter 3?

2. Why was Pat Harvey professionally interested in the Couple Killings long before her daughter was murdered?

3. What prompts Pat Harvey to call in a psychic, Hilda Ozimek?

4. Describe Scarpetta's reaction to the newspaper headlines after the abandoned Jeep was found.

5. Why is Scarpetta reluctant to say Deborah Harvey was killed by a shot in the back?

6. In Chapter 2, why does Pat Harvey question Scarpetta about the murder of the other couples?

7. What is the problem with the cartridge casing Scarpetta finds at the Cheney-Harvey murder scene?

8. What information is Scarpetta after when she meets Wesley for lunch in Chapter 9?

9. Why does Scarpetta dread having lunch with Pat Harvey?

10. How does Abby find out about the Seven-Eleven and what does it show?

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