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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scarpetta say about Lucy's IQ in chapter fourteen?
(a) It is exceptionally high.
(b) It is plain.
(c) It is better than average.
(d) It is very low.

2. What does Scarpetta say when Lucy says her mother sleeps with her boyfriends in the house all the time?
(a) We don't speak of such things at the table.
(b) I don't care.
(c) I'm not your mother.
(d) Your mother is a huzzy.

3. After looking Lori over more carefully what does Scarpetta realize about the killer?
(a) He is becoming more cruel.
(b) He is exceptionally strong.
(c) He is a complete sicko.
(d) He has something wrong with one of his hands.

4. What does Scarpetta hear when she answers the phone in chapter ten?
(a) A train.
(b) Distant people reciting lines.
(c) A child laughing.
(d) Someone singing.

5. What had Benton been before becoming an FBI agent?
(a) High school principal.
(b) Piano tuner.
(c) Sanitation worker.
(d) Roofer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucy say in chapter fourteen when Scarpetta asks her to help find out who broke into the computer at the office?

2. What does Scarpetta say she wants the killer to be put through when she talks to Dr. Sprio?

3. Who was Abby Turnbull screaming at when she arrives in chapter eleven?

4. How did the killer get up to Henna's window?

5. Who does Amburgey say that the press has cited their source as in the paper?

(see the answer key)

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