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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scarpetta tell her mother when her mother asks her about how bad she sounds?
(a) That she has been sick.
(b) That it is none of her business.
(c) That she is tired.
(d) That she is just fine.

2. What does Scarpetta explain will happen if she can't explain who got into her computer?
(a) Scarpetta will be in trouble.
(b) She can't explain it.
(c) Scarpetta will have to go somewhere else to work.
(d) The murderer might kill again.

3. What does Scarpetta say about the clock that is over the train station at the cities lower end?
(a) It's a wonder it still works.
(b) It is right two times a day.
(c) It is broke and always says it is twelve-seventeen.
(d) It is always an hour slow.

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

5. Who does Scarpetta call in the beginning of chapter thirteen?
(a) Boltz.
(b) Abby Turnbull
(c) Her mother.
(d) Marino.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls in the end of chapter nine while Scarpetta and Lucy are sitting at the table?

2. Lucy keeps telling Scarpetta that it will be nice when what happens in chapter ten?

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

4. What does Marino suggest when the extra evidence is found unlabeled in the lab refrigerator at the ME's office?

5. What does Marino say happened when they started questioning Mr. Peterson?

(see the answer key)

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