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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sterling tell Kay that she told Cary?
(a) To write another book.
(b) To call Beryl.
(c) Not to drive his Rolls Royce.
(d) Not to go to Culpeper's every evening.

2. In Chapter 8, where is Kay's .38 revolver?
(a) In her car.
(b) In the OCME.
(c) At home.
(d) In Pete's car.

3. What does Kay discover in her OCME office?
(a) A powerfully built man looking through files.
(b) A flood.
(c) Her medical bag.
(d) Her film.

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

5. For whom does Joe McTigue do some work?
(a) For Cary Harper.
(b) For Beryl Madison.
(c) For Kay Scarpetta.
(d) For Sterling Harper.

6. What business was Joe McTigue in when he was alive?
(a) Construction.
(b) Landscaping.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Property management.

7. What does the newspaper headline say about Kay?
(a) She finds a manuscript.
(b) She destroys a manuscript.
(c) She is a witness to a murder.
(d) She loses a manuscript.

8. Who is Kay's contact from the Daughters of the American Revolution chapter?
(a) Beryl Madison.
(b) Sterling Harper.
(c) Mrs. J. R. McTigue.
(d) Jeanie Sample Wilson.

9. What does preliminary analysis suggest could be the source of the melted plastic in the fireplace?
(a) Sterling's tote bag.
(b) Prescription drugs.
(c) A snack container.
(d) Kay's medical bag.

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

11. What is the rank of Pete Marino?
(a) Major.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Corporal.

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

13. What does Kay do with the picture over the fireplace?
(a) She studies it for a long time.
(b) She burns it.
(c) She removes it and throws it away.
(d) She takes it down and notes the framer's address.

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

15. Why does the attorney general want to speak with Kay?
(a) To go over the Beryl Madison evidence.
(b) So she can meet Sparacino for lunch.
(c) To offer Kay a new position.
(d) To quash the publicity about the missing manuscript.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many fibers has Joni collected from Beryl's hair, neck, chest, and fingernails?

2. Almost how much money does Beryl withdraw from the bank?

3. What word clue does Kay's team find from slivers of paper from the ashes?

4. Where does Sparacino believe Beryl's unfinished manuscript is?

5. What does Sterling know about Beryl's last manuscript?

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