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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marino say was the last thing the killer said after Marino had shot him?
(a) God forgive me.
(b) Oh, shit.
(c) Damn it all.
(d) I'm not ready.

2. What startles Scarpetta while she is walking into the parking garage in chapter twelve?
(a) A jogger.
(b) A phone ringing.
(c) A motorcycle.
(d) A cat.

3. Who does Scarpetta call to ask about the old backed up data?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Wingo.
(c) Marino.
(d) Betty.

4. What does Scarpetta say when Lucy says her mother sleeps with her boyfriends in the house all the time?
(a) Your mother is a huzzy.
(b) I don't care.
(c) We don't speak of such things at the table.
(d) I'm not your mother.

5. Who was Abby Turnbull screaming at when she arrives in chapter eleven?
(a) The officers.
(b) Marino.
(c) Scarpetta.
(d) Bill Boltz.

6. What does Marino say is the reason he asked Scarpetta about Boltz and if he had ever raped her?
(a) He is putting together evidence for the rape charges.
(b) He just needed to know for reassurance.
(c) He is looking back into the dead wife's case.
(d) He is just doing his job.

7. What does Marino tell Scarpetta to do in chapter twelve if she happens to hear from Boltz?
(a) To let him and only him have the case info.
(b) To get him to talk about the case.
(c) To ask him out to dinner Friday night.
(d) Not to take his call or talk to him.

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

9. What does Scarpetta say she wants the killer to be put through when she talks to Dr. Sprio?
(a) She wants him to be tortured.
(b) She wants him to feel the fear the women felt.
(c) She wants to tie him up and cut off his fingers one at a time.
(d) She wants him to die.

10. What does Lucy say to Scarpetta while they are eating dinner in chapter nine?
(a) I want to go home.
(b) You look sick.
(c) I wish you were my mother.
(d) You don't trust me.

11. What does Wingo say he gathered for evidence from Amburgey?
(a) Bottled water.
(b) Cigarette butt.
(c) Hair brush.
(d) Used toilet paper.

12. What do Scarpetta and Benton say that the women had in common in chapter fifteen after Scarpetta explains about her conversation with Cecile's family?
(a) They are all color blind.
(b) Their voices.
(c) Donating to Good Will.
(d) Past athletic injuries.

13. What does Scarpetta realize about her gun after the killer is dead?
(a) The bullets were the wrong size.
(b) It wasn't loaded.
(c) She hated the gun.
(d) It had misfired.

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

15. What does Scarpetta explain will happen if she can't explain who got into her computer?
(a) Scarpetta will be in trouble.
(b) Scarpetta will have to go somewhere else to work.
(c) The murderer might kill again.
(d) She can't explain it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Scarpetta briefly worried that Wingo may be being tested for?

2. What is the main ingredient in the pink soap tested in chapter ten?

3. What does Scarpetta imagine that the killer has done after reading the newspaper?

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

5. What does Lucy change the password to in chapter fourteen?

(see the answer keys)

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