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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scarpetta note when Betty is talking about the other women that were murdered prior to Lori Peterson?
(a) That it is time for a cigarette break.
(b) They are both scared that they will never catch the killer.
(c) They talk about the women as if they are numbers and not people.
(d) They talk about the women as if they knew them.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Scarpetta buy for Lucy while she is out getting lunch in chapter five?
(a) A history tutorial for the computer.
(b) A new pair of shoes.
(c) A computer game.
(d) A doll.

8. Whose facial reconstruction does Scarpetta have in her office?
(a) An unidentified boy.
(b) Marilyn Monroe.
(c) President Lincoln.
(d) A woman that drown saving her child.

9. 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 the girl to be accidentally shot.
(b) Don't want anyone to hear a gun shot and call the cops.
(c) Don't want himself to be accidentally shot.
(d) Afraid of gun shot residue.

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

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

12. 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 would loose his badge.
(c) No one would care.
(d) Marino and Scarpetta would be front page.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neils Vander say about the laser machine and himself in chapter two?

2. What does Marino say about the killer when Scarpetta asks if he is killing more frequently because of the press?

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

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

5. What does the security guard tell Scarpetta about the funeral home when he interrupts her in chapter two?

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