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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. Where does Mr. Peterson say his wife had been working?
(a) A local psych unit.
(b) An operating room.
(c) The nursery.
(d) The E.R.

2. Where does Matt tell Marino he met Lori?
(a) A party.
(b) He paid a friend to introduce them.
(c) They worked together.
(d) In class.

3. Who pulls in for dinner while Lucy and Scarpetta are making dinner?
(a) Bill Boltz.
(b) Matt Peterson.
(c) Marino.
(d) Tanner.

4. 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) The killer cut himself on the screen.
(b) Which side the screen was cut from.
(c) Nothing.
(d) That the Peterson's had cheap screens.

5. Who is Scarpetta continually thinking about while talking to Betty?
(a) Marino.
(b) Amburgey.
(c) Benton.
(d) Matt Peterson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Vander do while they are scanning Peterson's body with the laser when they find something?

3. Who does Scarpetta say that her co-worker, Betty, reminded her of?

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

5. What does Scarpetta note about Lori Peterson's organs at the time of death?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. Describe the scene in chapter two where Scarpetta is alone in the morgue.

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

4. What information can Frank give Scarpetta in chapter six?

5. What does Scarpetta say has happened in the city since the newspaper reporters began covering the murders?

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

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

8. What does Scarpetta say about Bertha and their work relationship?

9. What does Marino say he used to do for a living in chapter eight and how does that pertain to his view of the killer?

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

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