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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the autopsy, what important detail does Scarpetta discover about Deborah's spine?
(a) A serious deformity.
(b) A small nail lodged in her spine.
(c) A bullet was lodged in the vertebrae.
(d) Three vertebrae were fused.

2. What do Marino and Scarpetta find where Deborah was shot?
(a) A spent cartridge casing.
(b) An article of her clothing with a bullet hole.
(c) A gun.
(d) A dead dog.

3. Who is Detective Montana?
(a) A police investigator.
(b) A member of the VICAP team.
(c) He works with Marino.
(d) A specialist with the FBI.

4. Who calls in the psychic, Hilda Ozimek, on the missing teens' investigation?
(a) Abby Turnbull.
(b) Pat Harvey.
(c) Pete Marino.
(d) Kay Scarpetta.

5. Which character is nicknamed the "drug czar" by the media?
(a) Bob Harvey.
(b) Pete Marino.
(c) Pat Harvey.
(d) Benton Wesley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the special name the media has for a series of unsolved murders?

2. Who is the main character introduced first in this chapter?

3. Scarpetta also learns one of the missing teens had what kind of medical procedure?

4. In what war did American soldiers leave an object similar to the one found in the abandoned cars of the murdered teen couples?

5. What does Pat Harvey learn about her husband from an article in the Washington Post?

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