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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 is located at Quantico, Virginia?
(a) A Marine Corps base and the FBI Academy.
(b) A Marine Corps base and CIA Headquarters.
(c) A Marine Corps base and a Green Beret training facility.
(d) The FBI Academy and CIA Headquarters.

2. What is "The Farm"?
(a) A minor league baseball training facility.
(b) A training facility for horses.
(c) A CIA training camp.
(d) A training facility for search and rescue dogs.

3. What mistake does Scarpetta think the killer made in the murder of Deborah Harvey?
(a) Shooting Deborah Harvey.
(b) Decapitating Deborah Harvey.
(c) Dismembering Deborah Harvey.
(d) Raping Deborah Harvey.

4. What is the other name for "The Farm"?
(a) The Shorebirds Training Camp.
(b) Camp Peary.
(c) Lucky Shoe Camp.
(d) Milk Bone Ranch.

5. Who is Detective Montana?
(a) A police investigator.
(b) A member of the VICAP team.
(c) A specialist with the FBI.
(d) He works with Marino.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Scarpetta know Anna Zenner?

2. What does Abby Turnbull tell Scarpetta to do after dinner when they are approached in the restaurant parking lot by a stranger?

3. What does Scarpetta suspect is of greatest importance to the serial killer?

4. In Chapter 12, why does Scarpetta meet Abby Turnbull for dinner at a Williamsburg restaurant?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are some psychological factors Wesley shares with Scarpetta and Marino in Chapter 16 about the serial killer in the Couple Killings?

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

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

8. After the meeting with Mr. Joyce, what does Scarpetta reason about the killer that leads her to the next step in her investigation?

9. Why aren't the results from the serology reports for Spurrier and the blood found in Elizabeth Mott's car considered conclusive?

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

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