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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. How does Hilda describe the individual that she "sees" with Fred and Deborah when they disappeared?
(a) A tall, powerfully built man wearing a baseball cap.
(b) A small, dark-skinned man wearing a baseball cap.
(c) A slender, light-complected man of medium height.
(d) A slender, dark-complected man of medium height.

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

3. Scarpetta learns the missing teens were varsity athletes in what sports?
(a) Rugby and basketball.
(b) Basketball and soccer.
(c) Gymnastic and swimming.
(d) Football and tennis.

4. Who is Hilda Ozimek referring to when she uses the phrase, "defender, someone who does battle"?
(a) Jack of hearts.
(b) Pat Harvey.
(c) Scarpetta.
(d) Pete Marino.

5. When Scarpetta examines the bodies of Deborah Harvey and Fred Cheney in the woods, what does she notice?
(a) The bodies had been moved.
(b) The bodies had been lying in a pond.
(c) The bones were mixed together in a jumbled heap.
(d) Body parts had been scattered.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Pat Harvey shows Hilda a picture of Fred Cheney, what does Hilda immediately know?

2. Who or what is called Neptune?

3. What charity organization does Pat Harvey suspect is front for drug trafficking?

4. What do Scarpetta and Marino bring with them to South Carolina?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ozimek explain what she does?

2. What does Marino think the killer did to get Fred to go into the woods without resistance?

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

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

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

6. Why is Scarpetta concerned about the bodies of Cheney and Harvey being moved?

7. Describe Hilda Ozimek.

8. Discuss why Scarpetta and Marino feel in Chapter 3 as if they've been "handled" by Benton Wesley.

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

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

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