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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 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.

2. In chapter eight where does Marino say he wants to take Scarpetta?
(a) On a tour.
(b) Somewhere fun.
(c) Out to eat.
(d) To a show.

3. What was Brenda Steppe cooking before she was killed?
(a) Beef and onions.
(b) Tuna.
(c) Eggs and baccon.
(d) Pork Chops.

4. What does Scarpetta say she sometimes think that profilers are?
(a) Full of themselves.
(b) Gods.
(c) Angels in disguise.
(d) Magicians.

5. What does Vander ask Scarpetta about Lori Peterson?
(a) If she thinks she suffered.
(b) If she knew her.
(c) If Lori was murdered by her husband.
(d) If she was pretty before being killed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Scarpetta say the morgue smells like?

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

4. What does Scarpetta buy for Lucy while she is out getting lunch in chapter five?

5. What had Benton been before becoming an FBI agent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene in chapter five when Marino becomes upset with Kay and Benton just before he storms out of the room.

2. 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.

3. Describe what the crime scene in Lori Peterson's house looks like.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In chapter two what does Scarpetta note about Lori Peterson's injuries?

(see the answer keys)

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