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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Marino say about the killer when Scarpetta asks if he is killing more frequently because of the press?
(a) Marin o says he doesn't konw.
(b) Marino says it is a possibility but unlikely.
(c) Marino says the killer is addicted to killing.
(d) Marino says the killer is unpredictable.

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

4. What does Scarpetta learn happened at the Peterson the night that Lori was killed?
(a) Someone called 911 from her house.
(b) Lori Peterson was involved in an altercation.
(c) A fire alarm went off.
(d) Matt Peterson was home and had a fight with a neighbor.

5. Where does Scarpetta speculate that the killer must have touched Peterson first because the largest deposit of the glittery substance is found there.
(a) Clavicle.
(b) Ankles.
(c) Lumbar.
(d) Sternum.

6. 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?
(a) Unprepared.
(b) Undressed.
(c) Naive.
(d) Unshielded.

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

8. At the beginning of chapter one what wakes Scarpetta up?
(a) Rain storm.
(b) Knock on the door.
(c) A bad dream.
(d) Phone call.

9. What does Mr. Peterson say he smelled when he walked into his house?
(a) Like candy or fresh fruit.
(b) Something like body odor.
(c) A sweet putrid smell.
(d) A smell like something bitter or metalic.

10. Who is Scarpetta thinking about in the beginning of chapter six as a person that might be responsible for breaking into the computer system to look for Lori Peterson's information?
(a) Marino.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Matt Peterson.
(d) Abby Turnbull.

11. What does Marino say that Matt Peterson had done the day before?
(a) Passed a polygraph.
(b) Left town.
(c) Failed his polygraph.
(d) Got arrested.

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

13. What does Scarpetta say when Benton says he doesn't mind if she eats while they work.
(a) She isn't feeling well.
(b) She can't let people watch her eat.
(c) She isn't hungry.
(d) She does mind.

14. What does Scarpetta say might be the reason that the other women weren't associated with an odd smell?
(a) The bodies were wiped down.
(b) There were smaller amounts of the myster substance on the others.
(c) Because they were found so long after the murders.
(d) No one knew to look for a smell.

15. What was used to tie up Lori Peterson's hands?
(a) Duck tape from her house.
(b) Electrical cord from the lamps.
(c) Toilet papper and glue.
(d) Rope from the curtains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of doctor was Lori studying to be?

2. What does Scarpetta advise Marino to gather from Mr. Peterson for testing?

3. What is found on the blade of the hunting knife?

4. Who does Scarpetta say that her co-worker, Betty, reminded her of?

5. What does Scarpetta suggest may be the reason that the knife was used by killer?

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