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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who found Lori Peterson's body?
(a) A sanitation worker.
(b) Police.
(c) Some kids.
(d) Her husband.

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

3. What does Marino say as Scarpetta gets into her car to leave the Peterson's home in chapter one?
(a) Thanks for the help.
(b) Drive carefully.
(c) Get some sleep, you look like hell.
(d) See you tomorrow.

4. Where does Matt tell Marino he met Lori?
(a) They worked together.
(b) In class.
(c) A party.
(d) He paid a friend to introduce them.

5. What does Scarpetta note when Betty is talking about the other women that were murdered prior to Lori Peterson?
(a) They talk about the women as if they are numbers and not people.
(b) They are both scared that they will never catch the killer.
(c) That it is time for a cigarette break.
(d) They talk about the women as if they knew them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two magazines does Scarpetta notice on the table in Lori Peterson's home?

2. After looking Lori over more carefully what does Scarpetta realize about the killer?

3. What does Marino say to Scarpetta when she is ready to leave?

4. What does Scarpetta say she feels like she will be doing if she goes into Dr. Alvin Amburgey's office without a notepad or something of that nature?

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

(see the answer key)

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