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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago was the painting over the fireplace framed?
(a) 15 years ago.
(b) 10 years ago.
(c) 12 years ago.
(d) 8 years ago.

2. What is scattered all over the deceased's body?
(a) Snow.
(b) Bird shot.
(c) Water.
(d) Mud.

3. In what month does Beryl speak at the DAR meeting?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) November.
(d) October.

4. What was the mystery in Williamsburg regarding Beryl?
(a) That she was writing a book.
(b) No one seemed to know that she lived with the Harpers.
(c) That she was best friends with Sterling.
(d) That she was in love with Cary.

5. What happens to Kay's car?
(a) She drives it home.
(b) It is in an accident.
(c) It runs out of gas.
(d) It is towed to Williamsburg.

6. Who has a lot to lose if the manuscript is published?
(a) Sterling Harper.
(b) Mark James.
(c) Cary Harper.
(d) Sparacino.

7. What does Kay learn about Mark when she makes phone calls from the airport?
(a) Mark James has just joined the firm.
(b) There is no Mark James at Orndorff & Berger.
(c) Mark James works at another law firm.
(d) Mark James has left the firm.

8. Where does Kay spend the night?
(a) In her car.
(b) In Williamsburg.
(c) At her Richmond home.
(d) At Cutler Grove.

9. For how many years has Joe McTigue been working at Cutler Grove?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

10. What happens to Kay's car at the murder scene?
(a) It runs out of gas.
(b) It won't start.
(c) It has ice on the windshield.
(d) It is in an accident.

11. For whom does Benton Wesley do profiling work?
(a) ATF.
(b) Richmond police.
(c) FBI.
(d) CIA.

12. How many fibers have a distinctive shape and an unusual color?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

13. What has Pete figured out about Kay's trip?
(a) She went to visit Sparacino in New York City.
(b) She went to Washington, D.C., to do research.
(c) She went to Chicago to visit Mark James.
(d) She canceled her air reservation to New York City.

14. With whom has Sterling remained a close friend?
(a) Beryl Madison.
(b) Kay Scarpetta.
(c) Joni Hamm.
(d) Pete Marino.

15. How does Ethridge know Sparacino?
(a) They were law school classmates.
(b) They belong to the same political party.
(c) They served on a jury together.
(d) They grew up in the same city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is seated near Kay and Mark at dinner?

2. Who is Kay's contact from the Daughters of the American Revolution chapter?

3. What does preliminary analysis suggest could be the source of the melted plastic in the fireplace?

4. Who has seen the pages from the manuscript that is found at the scene?

5. Who has been murdered?

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