View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vander ask Scarpetta about Lori Peterson?
(a) If she was pretty before being killed.
(b) If she thinks she suffered.
(c) If Lori was murdered by her husband.
(d) If she knew her.

2. What does Scarpetta say has never bothered her?
(a) Floating dismembered heads.
(b) The living.
(c) Dead bodies.
(d) Cops.

3. What is Benton Wesley's job?
(a) Chief of police.
(b) A detective for a neighboring city police department.
(c) Profiler for the FBI.
(d) Janitor.

4. What two magazines does Scarpetta notice on the table in Lori Peterson's home?
(a) Scientific American and the New England Journal of Medicine.
(b) Todays Doctor and Oncology Updates.
(c) People and Time.
(d) National Geographic and Malpractice 'How Not To's'.

5. What kind of doctor was Lori studying to be?
(a) Podiatrist.
(b) Heart surgeon.
(c) Plastic surgeon.
(d) Oncologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarpetta say the morgue smells like?

2. Why does Scarpetta say she doesn't think Mr. Peterson is the killer when Marino asks her about it in chapter four?

3. What does Scarpetta note about Lori Peterson's organs at the time of death?

4. At the beginning of chapter one what wakes Scarpetta up?

5. What is on Mr. Peterson's disks regarding his literary dissertations.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 279 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample