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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. Why does Scarpetta take the bones of Fred and Deborah to Washington, DC?
(a) She wanted to take the bones to the FBI lab.
(b) She wanted to deliver the remains to the funeral home Pat Harvey had selected.
(c) She wanted to have the chief forensic specialist at Walter Reed Hospital examine the remains.
(d) She wanted to confer with Dr. Vessey at the Smithsonian.

2. What is the main character's occupation?
(a) Investigator with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(b) Chief medical examiner for the state of Virginia.
(c) Homicide detective on the Richmond police force.
(d) Search and rescue team leader.

3. What disguise do Scarpetta and the investigators think a serial killer might be using to lure victims?
(a) Posing as a member of the military.
(b) Posing as rest stop employee.
(c) Posing as a police officer.
(d) Posing as a gas station attendant.

4. Who does Scarpetta call after returning home from Washington, DC?
(a) Pat Harvey.
(b) Benton Wesley.
(c) Pete Marino.
(d) Mark James.

5. What does Wesley Benton ask Scarpetta to do with the results of the autopsy?
(a) To be sure the autopsy results were not seen by the CIA.
(b) To release the autopsy results immediately.
(c) To withold the autopsy results.
(d) To change the cause of death for Deborah Harvey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Scarpetta run into Pat Harvey?

2. In the murders of Deborah and Fred, who does Marino think was killed first?

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

4. At a press conference, what does Pat Harvey divulge regarding her family?

5. Why doesn't Hilda meet Scarpetta and Marino at the airport?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is a politically inspired kidnapping such a disturbing possibility?

2. How does Ozimek describe her impressions of Marino's wife?

3. How does Ozimek describe a mysterious man she "sees" in the pictures of the woods where Harvey and Cheney were murdered?

4. In what condition does Scarpetta find Abby Turnbull when she goes to her apartment?

5. What is the significance of Pat Harvey's political connections on the investigation of her daughter's disappearance?

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

7. How does Ozimek explain what she does?

8. Why does Scarpetta think her personal competence as the chief medical examiner is being called into question?

9. Explain the significance of the jack of hearts.

10. Describe Linda, the firearms expert who works with Scarpetta.

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