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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scarpetta say the morgue smells like?
(a) Stale stench of death.
(b) Suffering and loss.
(c) Harsh sanitizers and cheap air fresheners.
(d) Metallic smell of blood.

2. What does Scarpetta say she tries to do with cops like Marino in chapter one?
(a) Take them out to dinner.
(b) Get their take on what happened.
(c) Work with them.
(d) Avoid them.

3. What does Marino say Mr. Peterson does that most people don't do when they find someone they love murdered?
(a) Talk on and on about it.
(b) Got quiet.
(c) Made lewd jokes.
(d) Gave explicit details.

4. How does Marino describe Mr. Peterson in chapter two?
(a) As goofy as a shithouse rat.
(b) Worth as much as a huntin' dog with no nose.
(c) A slick as snot on a log.
(d) As crooked as a politician.

5. What does Marino say as Scarpetta gets into her car to leave the Peterson's home in chapter one?
(a) Get some sleep, you look like hell.
(b) Thanks for the help.
(c) See you tomorrow.
(d) Drive carefully.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarpetta buy for Lucy while she is out getting lunch in chapter five?

2. Where does Matt tell Marino he met Lori?

3. What does Scarpetta say might be the reason that the other women weren't associated with an odd smell?

4. What does Marino say happened when they started questioning Mr. Peterson?

5. What does Scarpetta note about Lori Peterson's organs at the time of death?

(see the answer key)

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