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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of chapter one what wakes Scarpetta up?
(a) Phone call.
(b) Rain storm.
(c) Knock on the door.
(d) A bad dream.

2. In the beginning of chapter six what does Scarpetta compare the Forensic Science Bureau to?
(a) Beehive.
(b) Ant colony.
(c) Prairie dog village.
(d) Madhouse.

3. What does Scarpetta say she sometimes think that profilers are?
(a) Magicians.
(b) Gods.
(c) Angels in disguise.
(d) Full of themselves.

4. Where does Scarpetta speculate that the killer must have touched Peterson first because the largest deposit of the glittery substance is found there.
(a) Clavicle.
(b) Ankles.
(c) Lumbar.
(d) Sternum.

5. What does Scarpetta suggest may be the reason that the knife was used by killer?
(a) To throw suspicion onto the husband.
(b) Because he needed a weapon.
(c) To taunt Lori before she was killed.
(d) She has no clue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marino say Mr. Peterson does that most people don't do when they find someone they love murdered?

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

3. Who pulls up as Marino and Scarpetta leave Lori Peterson's house in chapter one?

4. How do Betty and Scarpetta describe the phone calls that have been received with information about the killer?

5. What kind of doctor was Lori studying to be?

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