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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 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.

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

3. How long does Scarpetta have to wait in the lobby before Amburgey calls her into his office?
(a) Less than twenty seconds.
(b) She doesn't go.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Thirty minutes.

4. Who found Lori Peterson's body?
(a) Her husband.
(b) A sanitation worker.
(c) Some kids.
(d) Police.

5. 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) Matt Peterson.
(b) Marino.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Abby Turnbull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Peterson major in at his school?

2. What does Scarpetta say she sometimes think that profilers are?

3. What does Scarpetta say happened to Boltz's wife?

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

5. What does Scarpetta say is a prerequisite of a person her sister is willing to date?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scarpetta note about Marino and his thoughts on suspects for Lori Peterson's killer.

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

3. What do Scarpetta and Benton say about Marino after he has left the room in chapter five?

4. What do Betty and Scarpetta talk about in chapter six?

5. In chapter one what does Scarpetta note about the victims?

6. What does Marino tell Scarpetta in chapter eight about what Tanner has told him?

7. Describe what Scarpetta recalls happening when Amburgey had visited the morgue for the first time.

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

9. What does Scarpetta know about the glittery substance found on the bodies?

10. In chapter four Marino tells Scarpetta about different murderers that he has brought in. Explain what it is he says and how it links to the current investigation.

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