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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Frank tell Scarpetta can be learned from the screen that was cut where the killer was suspected to have entered the house?
(a) That the Peterson's had cheap screens.
(b) The killer cut himself on the screen.
(c) Which side the screen was cut from.
(d) Nothing.

3. What does Scarpetta say she tries to do with cops like Marino in chapter one?
(a) Work with them.
(b) Get their take on what happened.
(c) Take them out to dinner.
(d) Avoid them.

4. What does Scarpetta advise Marino to gather from Mr. Peterson for testing?
(a) Mr. Peterson's medicated creams.
(b) Mr. Peterson's blood.
(c) All substances from Mr. Peterson's house.
(d) The paint used in Mr. Peterson's dress rehersals.

5. What does Boltz say that they must control until the cops find the killer?
(a) The leaks to the press.
(b) The lack of cooperations.
(c) Their public image.
(d) The investigations.

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

7. How does Marino describe Mr. Peterson in chapter two?
(a) Worth as much as a huntin' dog with no nose.
(b) As goofy as a shithouse rat.
(c) A slick as snot on a log.
(d) As crooked as a politician.

8. What does Mr. Peterson major in at his school?
(a) Literature.
(b) Physics.
(c) Math.
(d) Psychology.

9. Why does Scarpetta say she doesn't think Mr. Peterson is the killer when Marino asks her about it in chapter four?
(a) He has kind eyes.
(b) He obviously loved his wife.
(c) He has a solid alibi.
(d) Mr. Peterson doesn't profile right for the killer.

10. What does Neils Vander say about the laser machine and himself in chapter two?
(a) They are both slow to warm up.
(b) They are both on the fritz.
(c) They are both sensitive and complicated.
(d) They are both running low on juice.

11. Who pulls up as Marino and Scarpetta leave Lori Peterson's house in chapter one?
(a) Bill Boltz, the Commonweath's attorney.
(b) A local radio personality.
(c) A representative for the governor.
(d) The mayor.

12. What does Vander ask Scarpetta about Lori Peterson?
(a) If she was pretty before being killed.
(b) If she knew her.
(c) If she thinks she suffered.
(d) If Lori was murdered by her husband.

13. What had Lori eaten very close to the time of her death?
(a) Cheese crackers.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Salad.
(d) Ice cream.

14. In chapter eight where does Marino say he wants to take Scarpetta?
(a) On a tour.
(b) Out to eat.
(c) To a show.
(d) Somewhere fun.

15. What is found on both the card print that contains Mr. Peterson's fingerprints and the hunting knife found at the scene?
(a) Latex powder.
(b) Blood from Lori Peterson.
(c) Semen.
(d) Sparkling residue that resembles what was found on the body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What play does Marino say Mr. Peterson is involved in?

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

3. What name has Scarpetta given the killer that they are looking for?

4. What does Scarpetta say after Marino has driven her to all the women's houses?

5. Why does Marino say that there should have been footprints found in Lori Peterson's bathroom where the killer apparently entered?

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