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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scarpetta learn happened at the Peterson the night that Lori was killed?
(a) A fire alarm went off.
(b) Matt Peterson was home and had a fight with a neighbor.
(c) Lori Peterson was involved in an altercation.
(d) Someone called 911 from her house.

2. What had they been able to find out about the glittery residue in chapter two?
(a) It might be from a paint base.
(b) It was inorganic.
(c) It was a medicine.
(d) It was oil based.

3. What does Marino suggest when the extra evidence is found unlabeled in the lab refrigerator at the ME's office?
(a) That Scarpetta is slipping.
(b) That someone else put it there.
(c) That they test it against Matt Peterson.
(d) That they throw them away and keep quiet.

4. What is on Mr. Peterson's disks regarding his literary dissertations.
(a) Tennesse Williams, homosexuality and cannibalism.
(b) William Shakespear, homosexuality and the uselessness of women.
(c) Virginia Wolfe and death.
(d) "How To Kill Your Wife & Get Away With It."

5. What does Marino say might be the cause of the substance found on Lori Peterson?
(a) Animal fat.
(b) Foundation.
(c) Greasepaint.
(d) Cornstarch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boltz say that they must control until the cops find the killer?

2. What does Scarpetta say is a prerequisite of a person her sister is willing to date?

3. What does the security guard tell Scarpetta about the funeral home when he interrupts her in chapter two?

4. What does Lucy say as Scarpetta puts her to bed in chapter nine?

5. In chapter six what does Betty say that the fibers on the knife from the crime scene are consistent with?

(see the answer key)

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