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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brennan find strange about the victims in Chapter 2?
(a) They are fully clothed in bed.
(b) They are holding hands.
(c) They are face down.
(d) Both have their arms crossed.

2. What two languages are spoken throughout the novel?
(a) French and Spanish.
(b) Spanish and English.
(c) French and English.
(d) Italian and English.

3. Who calls Brennan at three in the morning at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Her father.
(b) Sister Julienne
(c) Pierre LaManche.
(d) Father Menard.

4. How does Dr. Jeannotte behave towards Brennan when she comes to Jeannotte's office?
(a) She refuses to see her without an appointment.
(b) She treats her like a student on a research project.
(c) She acts like they are best friends.
(d) She is rude.

5. What is the setting for Chapter 2?
(a) A burnt down hospital.
(b) A burnt down house.
(c) A dark graveyard.
(d) A crumbling convent.

6. What is Sam Rayburn's profession?
(a) Coroner.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Sailor.
(d) Governor.

7. In Chapter 6, what does Brennan put off doing?
(a) Packing for her trip home.
(b) Calling her sister.
(c) Submitting her report on the Pelletier baby.
(d) Submitting her report on Sister Elisabeth Nicolet.

8. In Chapter 7, the Brennan tells that the bones in the hands make up what percentage of the bones in the human body?
(a) 50%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 25%.

9. In Chapter 18, Brennan gets excited about what while speaking with Sheriff Baker?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Bugs.
(d) Bones.

10. What is the main subject matter of the lecture Jeannotte gives Brennan in Chapter 9?
(a) Proper handling of rare materials.
(b) Fundamentalism.
(c) Satan myths.
(d) The Nicolet family.

11. What does Brennan find in the basement in Chapter 3?
(a) A leaky pipe.
(b) Drugs.
(c) A murder weapon.
(d) A skeleton.

12. In her report about the St -Jovite victim, what does Brennan conclude killed the victim?
(a) Natural causes.
(b) A gun shot to the heart.
(c) A knife wound to the chest.
(d) A gun shot to the head.

13. What is unusual about the new victims found at St-Jovite in Chapter 7?
(a) The parents organs were all missing.
(b) The infants had their hearts removed.
(c) The killers name is written on their feet.
(d) The bodies are perfectly preserved.

14. What does Brennan specialize in?
(a) Orthodontics.
(b) Radiology.
(c) Ontology.
(d) Anthropology.

15. What does Brennan ask Ryan to do in Chapter 7?
(a) Catch the person who killed the infants.
(b) Bring her coffee and doughnuts.
(c) Bring her more evidence to examine.
(d) Take her on the investigation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brennan find unsettling about Dr. Jeannotte?

2. How does Brennan know the body she finds was dead before the explosion?

3. Why do people stay away from the swamp on Murtry Island?

4. In Chapter 14, who talks Brennan into helping Ryan?

5. What kind of school did Harry and Brennan attend as children?

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