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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was used to strangle the first victim, Brenda Steppe?
(a) A belt.
(b) Pantyhose.
(c) An unidentified object.
(d) A length of rope.

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

4. What was Brenda Steppe cooking before she was killed?
(a) Pork Chops.
(b) Tuna.
(c) Eggs and baccon.
(d) Beef and onions.

5. What name has Scarpetta given the killer that they are looking for?
(a) Dr. Giggles.
(b) The Theif.
(c) Mr. Nobody.
(d) The Watcher.

6. Which of the following is NOT a speculation from Marino in chapter eight for the reason that the killer used a knife rather than a gun?
(a) Don't want himself to be accidentally shot.
(b) Don't want the girl to be accidentally shot.
(c) Don't want anyone to hear a gun shot and call the cops.
(d) Afraid of gun shot residue.

7. What play does Marino say Mr. Peterson is involved in?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(d) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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

9. What does Scarpetta suggest may be the reason that the knife was used by killer?
(a) Because he needed a weapon.
(b) She has no clue.
(c) To taunt Lori before she was killed.
(d) To throw suspicion onto the husband.

10. Who is Scarpetta continually thinking about while talking to Betty?
(a) Amburgey.
(b) Matt Peterson.
(c) Benton.
(d) Marino.

11. What was Lori Peterson's profession?
(a) Physician.
(b) Exotic dancer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Lawyer.

12. What is on Mr. Peterson's disks regarding his literary dissertations.
(a) Virginia Wolfe and death.
(b) Tennesse Williams, homosexuality and cannibalism.
(c) "How To Kill Your Wife & Get Away With It."
(d) William Shakespear, homosexuality and the uselessness of women.

13. What does the laser find of Peterson's body?
(a) Fibers from the killer's clothing.
(b) Hair from the killer.
(c) Spit from the killer.
(d) Three partial prints.

14. Why does Boltz say that Turnbull would be willing to hack into the computer for the files about the murders?
(a) Because she is the murderer.
(b) To win a writting award.
(c) To get a job at a national newspaper.
(d) To get back at Boltz for turning her down.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarpetta say is a prerequisite of a person her sister is willing to date?

2. Where does Mr. Peterson say his wife had been working?

3. What is found on both the card print that contains Mr. Peterson's fingerprints and the hunting knife found at the scene?

4. What does Marino say he had done before he became a cop?

5. What does Scarpetta say is the cruelest form of punishments?

(see the answer keys)

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