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

3. How long does Scarpetta have to wait in the lobby before Amburgey calls her into his office?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) Less than twenty seconds.
(c) She doesn't go.
(d) Two hours.

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

5. What does Vander do while they are scanning Peterson's body with the laser when they find something?
(a) Says they finally caught a break.
(b) Whistels.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Sits down.

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

7. What does Marino say would happen if people knew him and Scarpetta were riding around together at that moment in chapter eight?
(a) Scarpetta would be fired.
(b) Marino and Scarpetta would be front page.
(c) No one would care.
(d) Marino would loose his badge.

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

9. Who does Scarpetta call from the morgue?
(a) Her assistant.
(b) The local police chief.
(c) Bertha to check on Lucy.
(d) Marino.

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

11. What does Marino say as Scarpetta gets into her car to leave the Peterson's home in chapter one?
(a) Drive carefully.
(b) Thanks for the help.
(c) See you tomorrow.
(d) Get some sleep, you look like hell.

12. What does Scarpetta say must have been one of Lori Peterson's most prized instruments?
(a) Her fingers.
(b) Her surgical tools.
(c) Her musical instruments.
(d) Her knowledge acquired at school.

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

14. What does Scarpetta do when she is stressed or had a bad day?
(a) Go to the beach.
(b) Go for a run.
(c) Cook.
(d) Get drunk.

15. What is Benton Wesley's job?
(a) Profiler for the FBI.
(b) A detective for a neighboring city police department.
(c) Chief of police.
(d) Janitor.