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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scarpetta blame her confusion on in chapter two?
(a) Her lack of clues in the murders.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Her guilt over leaving Lucy.
(d) Tension.

2. Who is Scarpetta thinking about in the beginning of chapter six as a person that might be responsible for breaking into the computer system to look for Lori Peterson's information?
(a) Abby Turnbull.
(b) Matt Peterson.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Marino.

3. What does Frank tell Scarpetta can be learned from the screen that was cut where the killer was suspected to have entered the house?
(a) Which side the screen was cut from.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That the Peterson's had cheap screens.
(d) The killer cut himself on the screen.

4. 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.

5. What does Scarpetta say has never bothered her?
(a) Dead bodies.
(b) The living.
(c) Floating dismembered heads.
(d) Cops.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Lori Peterson's body found?

2. Who does Scarpetta call from the morgue?

3. How does Marino describe Mr. Peterson in chapter two?

4. Why does Marino say that there should have been footprints found in Lori Peterson's bathroom where the killer apparently entered?

5. What was used to tie up Lori Peterson's hands?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the differences that Scarpetta talks about between her and the previous medical examiner, Cagney.

2. What does Marino find out about the rape charges that Matt Peterson had been brought up on when he was younger?

3. In chapter five what does Benton say about the killer?

4. What does Bill Boltz say about the reporter Abby Turnbull in chapter seven?

5. What does Scarpetta write about Lori Peterson in the end of chapter two in regards to her health?

6. What is Scarpetta told happened to their computer system in chapter five?

7. Describe the scene outside when Scarpetta leaves the crime scene.

8. What does Scarpetta explain in chapter one that she suspects about the killer, Mr. Nobody, that they are looking for?

9. What is Scarpetta told while in Amburgey's office in chapter six?

10. Describe what is talked about in chapter six while Scarpetta is in Amburgey's office.

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