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

2. What disguise do Scarpetta and the investigators think a serial killer might be using to lure victims?
(a) Posing as a police officer.
(b) Posing as a member of the military.
(c) Posing as rest stop employee.
(d) Posing as a gas station attendant.

3. Why do Scarpetta and Marino fly to South Carolina?
(a) To learn more about the serial killer and victims.
(b) To learn more about the CIA.
(c) To find out where Marino's estranged wife is living.
(d) To learn more about Fred Cheney's family.

4. Who are the two investigators Scarpetta lunches with to discuss the missing teens case?
(a) Bob Harvey and Dave Cheney.
(b) Benton Wesley and Pete Marino.
(c) Pete Marino and Bob Harvey.
(d) Abby Turnbull and Benton Wesley.

5. How does Hilda describe an object still at the site where Deborah and Fred were found?
(a) Something metal that has to do with war.
(b) Something long, slender, and very dangerous.
(c) An object shaped like a small pistol.
(d) An object shaped like a screwdriver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Scarpetta say about the skulls of Deborah and Fred?

2. What do toxicology reports on the teen victims reveal about drugs?

3. Who or what is called Neptune?

4. What did Scarpetta notice both Fred and Deborah were missing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what issues does Scarpetta have with the FBI's surveillance of the woods?

2. What is the significance of Pat Harvey's political connections on the investigation of her daughter's disappearance?

3. What is the problem with the cartridge casing Scarpetta finds at the Cheney-Harvey murder scene?

4. How does Ozimek describe a mysterious man she "sees" in the pictures of the woods where Harvey and Cheney were murdered?

5. What prompts Pat Harvey to call in a psychic, Hilda Ozimek?

6. Give an example of Scarpetta's scientific approach examining the bodies of Harvey and Cheney in the woods.

7. Describe how Pat Harvey might be feeling when she first arrives at the rest stop where her daughter's abandoned Jeep has been found.

8. Why does Scarpetta feel betrayed by Abby Turnbull in Chapter 4?

9. In what condition does Scarpetta find Abby Turnbull when she goes to her apartment?

10. Describe the appearance of the bodies of Harvey and Cheney at the murder scene.

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