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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 was Brennan afraid to find in the basement in Chapter 3?
(a) A family friend.
(b) Baby bones.
(c) The boogeyman.
(d) Drugs.

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

3. What is Brennan's ex-husband's name?
(a) Howie.
(b) Bird.
(c) Pete.
(d) Brian.

4. Where does Brennan stay while in Beaufort?
(a) On a house boat.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) In a car.
(d) At a friend's house.

5. Why does Brennan doubt that the two bodies from Murtry Island have anything to do with drugs?
(a) They were ritualistically killed.
(b) They are women.
(c) Each body was dressed in rich clothing.
(d) They were buried with religious items.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape left a bruise on one of the victims in Chapter 7?

2. In her report about the St -Jovite victim, what does Brennan conclude killed the victim?

3. Who does Brennan travel with in Chapter 15?

4. Why does Ryan go to Beaufort in Chapter 14?

5. What is the main subject matter of the lecture Jeannotte gives Brennan in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what types of things does Brennan do to establish boundaries between her ex-husband and herself?

2. How does the information that Anna Goyette is Dr. Jeannotte's assistant increase the suspense?

3. What suspenseful event happens at the end of Chapter 15 ? What makes it suspenseful? What does it lead to in Chapter 16?

4. Why does Pierre LaManche call Brennan at three in the morning in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 6, Dr. Brennan visits Dr. Jeannotte to find out if she can help her find information about Elisabeth Nicolet's birth. At the end of the conversation, Jeannotte asks Brennan if she believes in God and Brennan replies that she does not always believe in the next day. What does this dialogue reveal about Jeannotte? About Brennan?

6. The death of the infants in Chapter 7 reveals emotions in all of the characters involved in the case. Brennan also feels strongly about it. How does she explain her emotions?

7. In Chapter 12, why does Brennan read from the Belanger journals?

8. What point of view is the novel written in and what does the reader learn about the narrator as a result? Give specifics from the novel.

9. In Chapter 15, Sam Rayburn is introduced. Who is he? What does he do? What is he like?

10. Kathy Reichs uses jargon to help create credibility for her character's professions. Which characters use jargon and why?

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