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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scarpetta note about Lori Peterson's organs at the time of death?
(a) She had lung cancer.
(b) She had a small heart murmer.
(c) She had a tumor.
(d) All her internal organs are very healthy.

2. What does Mr. Peterson major in at his school?
(a) Literature.
(b) Math.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Physics.

3. What does Scarpetta say about the clock that is over the train station at the cities lower end?
(a) It's a wonder it still works.
(b) It is always an hour slow.
(c) It is right two times a day.
(d) It is broke and always says it is twelve-seventeen.

4. How does Marino describe Mr. Peterson in chapter two?
(a) As goofy as a shithouse rat.
(b) A slick as snot on a log.
(c) As crooked as a politician.
(d) Worth as much as a huntin' dog with no nose.

5. Where does Mr. Peterson say his wife had been working?
(a) The nursery.
(b) The E.R.
(c) A local psych unit.
(d) An operating room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marino say as Scarpetta gets into her car to leave the Peterson's home in chapter one?

2. What does Scarpetta say the morgue smells like?

3. Why does Marino say the bathroom window had been unlocked in Lori Peterson's house?

4. What does Vander do while they are scanning Peterson's body with the laser when they find something?

5. What does Scarpetta blame her confusion on in chapter two?

(see the answer key)

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