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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 Abby Turnbull notice on the car driven by the stranger who approached them in the restaurant parking lot after dinner?
(a) A Colonial Williamsburg parking sticker.
(b) The rear bumper is a different color.
(c) A large scrape on the bumper.
(d) A Quantico sticker on the bumper.

2. What was found in cemetery where the bodies of Elizabeth Mott and Jill Harrington are discovered?
(a) A shoe.
(b) A silver cigarette lighter.
(c) Cigarette butts.
(d) A spent cartridge casing.

3. How was Jill Harrington murdered?
(a) She was stabbed 11 times.
(b) She was strangled and shot.
(c) She was strangled.
(d) She was shot and stabbed.

4. What does Dammit have in common with Bonnie Smyth and Jim Freeman?
(a) Dammit once lived with Bonnie.
(b) They all lived in the same household.
(c) They were all shot in the same location.
(d) Dammit once lived with Jim.

5. What does Abby Turnbull tell Scarpetta to do after dinner when they are approached in the restaurant parking lot by a stranger?
(a) Follow the stranger's car.
(b) Call the police about the stranger's car.
(c) Get the license plate number of stranger's car.
(d) Call the FBI about the stranger's car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What medical condition does Scarpetta learn Steven Spurrier suffered from?

2. Who is Henna?

3. What is located at Quantico, Virginia?

4. What item does Benton Wesley tell Scarpetta that Spurrier purchased through a catalog?

5. What is similar in the murders of Jill Harrington and Elizabeth Mott to the murders of Deborah Harvey and Fred Cheney?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Scarpetta and Marino discover in Chapter 14 about the cemetery where the bodies of Mott and Harrington were found?

2. What does the use of the Hydra-Shok bullet suggest to Scarpetta about the killer and the investigation?

3. Describe Scarpetta's reactions to seeing Mark James.

4. In Chapter 16, what do Scarpetta and Marino learn about Steven Spurrier, the man that approached Scarpetta and Abby in the Williamsburg Restaurant?

5. Explain the importance of Spurrier's aplastic anemia.

6. What is the result of the meeting between Detective Montana, Scarpetta and Marino in Chapter 13?

7. How does Mr. Joyce describe the car that he saw on his road a few days before a teen couple disappeared?

8. What are some psychological factors Wesley shares with Scarpetta and Marino in Chapter 16 about the serial killer in the Couple Killings?

9. After the meeting with Mr. Joyce, what does Scarpetta reason about the killer that leads her to the next step in her investigation?

10. Why does Abby find it hard to believe the murders of Harrington and Mott are connected to the Couple Killings?

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