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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Marino say that there should have been footprints found in Lori Peterson's bathroom where the killer apparently entered?
(a) Her bathroom is all white.
(b) It has rained for many days.
(c) Clear shoe prints were found outside.
(d) There was mud in other places in the house.

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

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

4. 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) Undressed.
(b) Naive.
(c) Unprepared.
(d) Unshielded.

5. What had Scarpetta done to Cagney's office when it became hers?
(a) Put up new portraits.
(b) Repainted.
(c) Emptied it.
(d) Went through everything that she might need.

6. What two magazines does Scarpetta notice on the table in Lori Peterson's home?
(a) National Geographic and Malpractice 'How Not To's'.
(b) Scientific American and the New England Journal of Medicine.
(c) Todays Doctor and Oncology Updates.
(d) People and Time.

7. What does Marino say to Scarpetta when she is ready to leave?
(a) That she did a good job.
(b) That this one feels different than the others.
(c) That he will walk her to her car.
(d) That they will catch the killer.

8. 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.

9. 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) Bill Clinton.
(b) Abby Turnbull.
(c) Matt Peterson.
(d) Marino.

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

11. What does Scarpetta say happened to Boltz's wife?
(a) She died.
(b) He has never been married.
(c) She turned out to be crazy.
(d) They divorced.

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

13. What had Scarpetta promised to do with Lucy that day?
(a) Take her birthday shopping.
(b) Go to the zoo.
(c) Go to Monticello.
(d) Take her to Fun City.

14. What does Marino say might be the cause of the substance found on Lori Peterson?
(a) Foundation.
(b) Animal fat.
(c) Cornstarch.
(d) Greasepaint.

15. What does Scarpetta say is a prerequisite of a person her sister is willing to date?
(a) Anything on two legs.
(b) She doesn't date.
(c) Someone who is willing to say 'hello.'
(d) Anything that is in close range.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Scarpetta say she doesn't think Mr. Peterson is the killer when Marino asks her about it in chapter four?

3. What does Vander ask Scarpetta about Lori Peterson?

4. What does Scarpetta say to Mrs. Peterson as she is leaving?

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

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