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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Scarpetta's mother call to say?
(a) That Scarpetta is going to have to care for Lucy.
(b) That Lucy must come home.
(c) That she is sick.
(d) That Lucy's mother has gone to get married.

3. What did Andy do for a living?
(a) Cigar store clerk.
(b) Cab driver.
(c) Pawn shop owner.
(d) Doctor.

4. How many names are on the list for Borawash in Richmond?
(a) Seven.
(b) Seventy-three.
(c) Twenty-two
(d) A hundred and thirty.

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

6. What is the main ingredient in the pink soap tested in chapter ten?
(a) Sulfur.
(b) Borax.
(c) Iodine.
(d) Talc.

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

8. In chapter ten who is Scarpetta thinking of and realizing they would have had time to plant the contaminated PERK test in the lab refrigerator?
(a) Betty or Wingo.
(b) Marino.
(c) Bill Boltz.
(d) Abby Turnbull.

9. What does the young woman who was hit by the car have in her wallet?
(a) A parking ticket.
(b) An ultrasound.
(c) A reciept for a wedding license.
(d) A fortune from a cookie.

10. Who calls in the end of chapter nine while Scarpetta and Lucy are sitting at the table?
(a) Scarpetta's mother.
(b) Boltz.
(c) Marino.
(d) Lucy's mother.

11. What does Scarpetta say her father died from?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Lukemia.
(c) Lung cancer.
(d) Drugs.

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

13. What does Lucy change the password to in chapter fourteen?
(a) Bunny.
(b) .38.
(c) Jumble.
(d) Dummie.

14. What is Marino holding when he arrives at the ME's office in the beginning of chapter fifteen?
(a) Information that was given to Tanner before Marino.
(b) PERK test.
(c) His latest cholesterol test.
(d) Newspaper.

15. What does Scarpetta imagine that the killer has done after reading the newspaper?
(a) Planned his retrobution.
(b) Began looking up his own DNA information.
(c) Called in sick to work.
(d) Had a holy cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill say the killer being quiet may mean?

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

3. 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?

4. Lucy keeps telling Scarpetta that it will be nice when what happens in chapter ten?

5. In chapter twelve who does Scarpetta say the person who is going to pay will be while thinking of all the information that is coming from Abby Turnbull?

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