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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. Scarpetta suspects the killer is familiar with which popular sport?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Hiking.
(c) Wrestling.
(d) Fishing.

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

3. Why are Scarpetta and Marino interested in a possible gym bag?
(a) Thousands of dollars will be found in the bag.
(b) It might contain evidence of the serial killings.
(c) It might contain additional stolen property.
(d) Several false passports will be in the bag.

4. What does Scarpetta notice lying by a chair in a photo of Jill Harrington's apartment?
(a) A high school yearbook.
(b) A Scrabble game.
(c) The New York Times Magazine.
(d) 100 Best Crossword Puzzles for 1982.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mark James live?

2. What does Abby Turnbull discover about the owner of the car with the license plate number Marino traced?

3. After Steven Spurrier's house is searched, what do Marino and Scarpetta surmise the killer does to the victims' cars?

4. Who is Detective Montana?

5. When interviewed, what does Mr. Joyce remember seeing on a July night when he went to his mailbox?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Scarpetta's reactions to seeing Mark James.

2. Why does Scarpetta send Abby Turnbull to check out Barry Aranoff?

3. Why does Abby find it hard to believe the murders of Harrington and Mott are connected to the Couple Killings?

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

5. 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?

6. Describe what the authorities find in Spurrier's bookcases and living room in Chapter 17.

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

8. What do Scarpetta and Marino discover in Chapter 14 about the cemetery where the bodies of Mott and Harrington were found?

9. Explain the importance of Spurrier's aplastic anemia.

10. How does Mr. Joyce describe the car that he saw on his road a few days before a teen couple disappeared?

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