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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 note when Betty is talking about the other women that were murdered prior to Lori Peterson?
(a) They are both scared that they will never catch the killer.
(b) They talk about the women as if they knew them.
(c) They talk about the women as if they are numbers and not people.
(d) That it is time for a cigarette break.

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

3. What was used to strangle the first victim, Brenda Steppe?
(a) An unidentified object.
(b) A belt.
(c) Pantyhose.
(d) A length of rope.

4. What does Scarpetta say she feels like she will be doing if she goes into Dr. Alvin Amburgey's office without a notepad or something of that nature?
(a) Undressed.
(b) Unshielded.
(c) Unprepared.
(d) Naive.

5. What does Frank believe the electric cords in the Peterson home has been cut with?
(a) Scissors.
(b) Matt Peterson's survival knife.
(c) Kitchen knife.
(d) Same knife used to kill the other victims.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is found in Mrs. Peterson's dresser drawer that Scarpetta finds unusual?

2. What does Marino say that Matt Peterson had done the day before?

3. Where does Scarpetta speculate that the killer must have touched Peterson first because the largest deposit of the glittery substance is found there.

4. What does Vander ask Scarpetta about Lori Peterson?

5. What does Scarpetta do when she is stressed or had a bad day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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