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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pat Harvey threaten to do if Scarpetta doesn't give her what she asked for?
(a) Get a court order.
(b) File an official complaint with the Virginia Medical Board.
(c) Get Scarpetta's medical license revoked.
(d) Get Scarpetta fired.

2. At a press conference, what does Pat Harvey divulge regarding her family?
(a) Her family had been threatened.
(b) Deborah was adopted.
(c) Deborah and Fred were actually married.
(d) Deborah was pregnant.

3. What does Abby Turnbull tell Scarpetta about her situation?
(a) She should take a vacation.
(b) She deserves a pay raise for her work.
(c) She's being followed.
(d) She doesn't know anything about the missing teens.

4. How did the mother of one of the missing teens describe her teenager?
(a) Very undisciplined.
(b) Very private.
(c) Very lazy.
(d) Very messy.

5. What accusation does Pat Harvey level against the US Justice Department?
(a) Involvement in a conspiracy.
(b) The Justice Department kidnapped her daughter.
(c) The Justice Department bungled the murder investigation.
(d) The Justice Department killed her daugher.

6. What is the main character's occupation?
(a) Homicide detective on the Richmond police force.
(b) Chief medical examiner for the state of Virginia.
(c) Investigator with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(d) Search and rescue team leader.

7. Who else heard Deborah and Fred being directed to the rest area?
(a) Deborah's brothers.
(b) Fred's father.
(c) A woman pumping gas.
(d) An unidentified man.

8. Who else knew what Jay Morrell did?
(a) The president.
(b) The Army.
(c) Scarpetta's supervisor.
(d) The FBI.

9. What object belonging to Deborah was handled by the person that gave her directions to the rest stop?
(a) Her wallet.
(b) Her hairbrush.
(c) Her driver's license.
(d) Her student identification..

10. Why does Scarpetta take the bones of Fred and Deborah to Washington, DC?
(a) She wanted to take the bones to the FBI lab.
(b) She wanted to deliver the remains to the funeral home Pat Harvey had selected.
(c) She wanted to have the chief forensic specialist at Walter Reed Hospital examine the remains.
(d) She wanted to confer with Dr. Vessey at the Smithsonian.

11. Who is writing a book about the murdered couples?
(a) Pat Harvey.
(b) Abby Turnbull.
(c) Pete Marino.
(d) Benton Wesley.

12. What is a common feature of all the unsolved murders of teen couples?
(a) Keys still in the ignition of an abandonded boat.
(b) Bodies are always found in an abandoned car.
(c) Keys still in the ignition of an abandonded car.
(d) Bodies are always found in an abandoned boat.

13. What was found near the bodies of Deborah and Fred that was also found near the bodies of the other murdered teen couples?
(a) A disposable lighter.
(b) A cheap, plastic cigarette holder.
(c) Cigarette butts with filter paper peeled away.
(d) A ball point pen.

14. According to Scarpetta, why did Wesley move the bodies of Deborah and Fred in violation of procedure?
(a) Wesley was looking for signs of rape.
(b) Wesley was looking for the jack of hearts.
(c) Wesley was looking for cigarette butts.
(d) Wesley was looking for a weapon.

15. In what war did American soldiers leave an object similar to the one found in the abandoned cars of the murdered teen couples?
(a) The Korean War
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) World War II
(d) The First Gulf War.

Short Answer Questions

1. In all of the unsolved teen murders, Scarpetta has not been able to do what?

2. Why were police called to the crime scene?

3. In Chapter 1, all the bodies in a series of unsolved murders were found within a 50-mile radius of which location?

4. What was found at the crime scene, alerting investigators the teens had made a stop?

5. Who does Scarpetta call after returning home from Washington, DC?

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