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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. Who calls Scarpetta at home in the evening on the day Fred and Deborah's bodies were found?
(a) Pat Harvey.
(b) Fred Cheney's father.
(c) Haresh.
(d) Abby Turnbul.

2. Where in the Washington, DC area does Dr. Alex Vessey work?
(a) At the Pentagon.
(b) At the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
(c) At the Maryland Medical Examiner's Office.
(d) At Walter Reed Hospital.

3. Where were the bodies of Deborah Harvey and Fred Cheney found?
(a) In a boat.
(b) In a cemetery.
(c) In a swamp.
(d) In the woods.

4. What was found in the other abandoned cars, but missing from Deborah's Jeep?
(a) One white glove.
(b) White cotton fibers.
(c) One white rose.
(d) One red rose.

5. What famous Virginia location is close to the Globe and Laurel?
(a) Richmond, Virginia
(b) Williamsburg, Virginia
(c) Vienna, Virginia
(d) Quantico, Virginia

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is sitting with Pat Harvey at the press conference?

2. What is the main character's occupation?

3. What were the names of the two teenagers reported missing?

4. What is the name of Scarpetta's sometime lover?

5. In Chapter 5, who is it that Benton Wesley is concerned Scarpetta might have recently seen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Linda, the firearms expert who works with Scarpetta.

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

3. How does Abby find out about the Seven-Eleven and what does it show?

4. Why does Scarpetta wish to avoid answering Pat's question about the search-and-rescue dog in Chapter 2?

5. How does Pat Harvey exert her influence to get a copy of the autopsy report of her daughter?

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

7. Describe Scarpetta's reaction to the newspaper headlines after the abandoned Jeep was found.

8. As Chapter 1 opens, what is Scarpetta's perspective on working with other police agencies involved in VICAP?

9. Explain the difference if a cut is found on the top of a hand or on the palms.

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

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