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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 Scarpetta suspect is of greatest importance to the serial killer?
(a) Where the victims live.
(b) The location of the killings.
(c) The clothing victims are wearing.
(d) The identity of the victims.

2. Who else is killed at Steven Spurrier's home?
(a) Pat Harvey.
(b) Clifford Ring.
(c) Abby Turnbull.
(d) Mark James.

3. Why are Scarpetta and Marino interested in a possible gym bag?
(a) It might contain additional stolen property.
(b) Thousands of dollars will be found in the bag.
(c) Several false passports will be in the bag.
(d) It might contain evidence of the serial killings.

4. Why do the police search Scarpetta's house after Steven Spurrier is killed?
(a) They are looking for listening devices.
(b) They are looking for Abby Turnbull's belongings.
(c) They are looking for Mark James's belongings.
(d) They are looking for Lucy's belongings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, why does Scarpetta meet Abby Turnbull for dinner at a Williamsburg restaurant?

2. How does Scarpetta know Anna Zenner?

3. What was the relationship between Jill Harrington and Elizabeth Mott?

4. What activity has the CIA been banned from carrying-out since the Ford Administration?

5. What was found in cemetery where the bodies of Elizabeth Mott and Jill Harrington are discovered?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe what the authorities find in Spurrier's bookcases and living room in Chapter 17.

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

5. Describe Mr. Joyce and his relationship to Dammit.

6. In Chapter 12, why does Scarpetta decide to call Abby Turnbull about the murders of Jill Harington and Elizabeth Mott?

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

8. What are some reasons Scarpetta is convinced there's a link between Dammit and the Couple Killings?

9. What's the sequence of events that Marino thinks led to the murders of Spurrier and Abby Turnbull?

10. Why does Scarpetta send Abby Turnbull to check out Barry Aranoff?

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