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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Scarpetta have to wait in the lobby before Amburgey calls her into his office?
(a) She doesn't go.
(b) Less than twenty seconds.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Thirty minutes.

2. What does Scarpetta hear when she answers the phone in chapter ten?
(a) A train.
(b) A child laughing.
(c) Distant people reciting lines.
(d) Someone singing.

3. What does Frank believe the electric cords in the Peterson home has been cut with?
(a) Scissors.
(b) Same knife used to kill the other victims.
(c) Matt Peterson's survival knife.
(d) Kitchen knife.

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

5. What does Marino say Mr. Peterson does that most people don't do when they find someone they love murdered?
(a) Got quiet.
(b) Made lewd jokes.
(c) Talk on and on about it.
(d) Gave explicit details.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarpetta explain may be the reason that she has made mistakes on this case in chapter ten?

2. What does Scarpetta say she tries to do with cops like Marino in chapter one?

3. What does Abby say Henna's plans had been for Saturday?

4. What does Lucy say as Scarpetta puts her to bed in chapter nine?

5. What does Marino say might be the cause of the substance found on Lori Peterson?

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