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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Scarpetta say might be the reason that the other women weren't associated with an odd smell?
(a) There were smaller amounts of the myster substance on the others.
(b) No one knew to look for a smell.
(c) The bodies were wiped down.
(d) Because they were found so long after the murders.

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

5. Who does Scarpetta say that her co-worker, Betty, reminded her of?
(a) Mrs. Key, Scarpetta's first grade teacher.
(b) Scarpetta's favorite aunt.
(c) Marino.
(d) A nun named Sister Martha.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of chapter six what does Scarpetta compare the Forensic Science Bureau to?

2. What does Scarpetta say about the clock that is over the train station at the cities lower end?

3. Where does Scarpetta speculate that the killer must have touched Peterson first because the largest deposit of the glittery substance is found there.

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

5. What is found in Mrs. Peterson's dresser drawer that Scarpetta finds unusual?

(see the answer key)

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