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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 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.

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

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

4. What does Abby Turnbull tell Scarpetta to do after dinner when they are approached in the restaurant parking lot by a stranger?
(a) Call the FBI about the stranger's car.
(b) Follow the stranger's car.
(c) Call the police about the stranger's car.
(d) Get the license plate number of stranger's car.

5. After Scarpetta alerts the FBI of what she saw in The Dealer's Room, how does the FBI respond?
(a) They arrest the owner for murder.
(b) They put the owner under surveillance.
(c) They plant listening devices in the owner's home.
(d) They start making anonymous calls to the owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dammit?

2. Why does Scarpetta want to speak with Anna Zenner?

3. After Steven Spurrier is arrested, what do the police find searching his home?

4. What does Dammit have in common with Bonnie Smyth and Jim Freeman?

5. What is Scarpetta's relationship with her rescuer who leads her to Wesley's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, why does Scarpetta decide to call Abby Turnbull about the murders of Jill Harington and Elizabeth Mott?

2. What were some of the reasons Scarpetta does not believe it was a rogue CIA agent or a professional hit man that killed Deborah Harvey and Fred Cheney?

3. What's the significance of Jill Harrington not having any bills for a newspaper subscription?

4. In Chapter 16, what do Scarpetta and Marino learn about Steven Spurrier, the man that approached Scarpetta and Abby in the Williamsburg Restaurant?

5. What is the result of the meeting between Detective Montana, Scarpetta and Marino in Chapter 13?

6. Why is it significant that Aranoff is not the man that approached Scarpetta and Abby that evening at the restaurant?

7. Why did Camp Peary come under suspicion soon after the Couple Killings started?

8. What does Scarpetta learn about Deborah Harvey's father from an article in the Washington Post?

9. What's the connection between Scarpetta and Anna Zenner and Jill Harrington?

10. Describe Mr. Joyce and his relationship to Dammit.

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