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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the killer doing in Boston years earlier when similar murders had happened there?
(a) Working as a crossing guard.
(b) Acting as a magician for birthday parties.
(c) Delivering flowers.
(d) Delivering chickens to a plant in Boston.

2. What does Lucy say in chapter fourteen when Scarpetta asks her to help find out who broke into the computer at the office?
(a) It's easy to break into computers.
(b) She wants to be paid upfront.
(c) She doesn't know how.
(d) She wants to go home.

3. What does Marino suggest when the extra evidence is found unlabeled in the lab refrigerator at the ME's office?
(a) That Scarpetta is slipping.
(b) That they throw them away and keep quiet.
(c) That someone else put it there.
(d) That they test it against Matt Peterson.

4. What is Scarpetta briefly worried that Wingo may be being tested for?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Foot fungus.
(d) Diabetes.

5. What does Scarpetta's mother get on to her for in chapter nine?
(a) Not calling more often.
(b) No grandchildren.
(c) Not inviting her to come visit.
(d) Not wearing a hat in the bad weather.

6. In chapter fifteen what does Scarpetta admit to herself that she has been harboring a fear over in regards to the killer?
(a) It could be a family man.
(b) They might never catch him.
(c) It could be a cop.
(d) He would turn to children next.

7. How old was the murderer?
(a) Sixty-four.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) Thirty-five.
(d) Twenty-seven.

8. Why does Bertha say she likes to have the blinds open?
(a) Makes the room feel bigger.
(b) Its healthy.
(c) Lets her feel free.
(d) Kills germs.

9. Who comes in as Scarpetta is holding the killer at gun point?
(a) Tanner.
(b) Marino.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Boltz.

10. What does Bill say the killer being quiet may mean?
(a) He has been unable to find time for his hobby.
(b) He is planning a new kill.
(c) He may be dead.
(d) He has left the area.

11. What does Scarpetta find when she calls Bill Boltz's office?
(a) He has asked that Scarpetta not call him.
(b) He has gone on vacation.
(c) He has gone out to lunch with Amburgey.
(d) He is home sick.

12. Why does Scarpetta explain to Lucy that she owns a gun?
(a) She is scared.
(b) She lives alone.
(c) No woman should be without one.
(d) She likes to target practice.

13. When Scarpetta arrives at her office in chapter twelve what does the note from Amburgey say he expects to have an explanation about?
(a) Abby Turnbull's information.
(b) Her computer.
(c) Bill Boltz.
(d) The Times release.

14. What does Abby say when she learns that it may have been her article that the person got the tan belt piece of information from?
(a) Oh no.
(b) Good God.
(c) Heaven help us.
(d) What an ass.

15. Where does Marino take Scarpetta in chapter twelve?
(a) To Abby Turnbull's apartment.
(b) To a bar.
(c) To the cemetary.
(d) To Disney Land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margaret tell Scarpetta she has that might be helpful?

2. What does Lucy tell Scarpetta she should stop doing?

3. What does Scarpetta say she sometimes forgets to take off before she leaves the building?

4. What does Scarpetta say her father died from?

5. Who was Abby Turnbull screaming at when she arrives in chapter eleven?

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