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Jeffery Deaver's The Twelfth Card

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Introduction:
"This time, I was really fast in getting the new Lincoln Rhyme novel, and I am just as fast in putting up a quiz about it (I read it in two days, pen and paper beside me for my quizmaker's notes). Enjoy this quiz, but beware - there're spoilers ahead."


1. When we first meet Geneva Settle, she's reading an old article about Charles Singleton's flight from the police. On which date did this particular incident occur?
    June 13, 1866
    August 9, 1869
    May 25, 1867
    July 23, 1868


2. Thompson Boyd leaves a rape kit at the scene, together with the twelfth card from a tarot deck. Which card is it?
    The Wheel
    The Hanged Man
    Death
    The Queen


3. Which character from another Lincoln Rhyme novel makes a brief appearance in the beginning of the novel as a consultant?
    Percey Clay from "The Coffin Dancer"
    Eddie Deng from "The Stone Monkey"
    Kara from "The Vanished Man"
    Lucy Kerr from "The Empty Chair"


4. Near the beginning of the book, Lon Sellitto gets a saying wrong, sparking off a running gag throughout the book when Lincoln calls out, "Cliché alarm, Lon" whenever he's going to use an idiom. What does Lon say?
    "Better the angel you know than the devil you don't"
    "Give him an inch and he'll take a centimeter"
    "You can't eat your cake and digest it"
    "Either rains or it pours"


5. What is the name of the rookie Sachs recruits at the museum scene and who goes on to work with the team on this case?
    Greg Shimanski
    Ron Pulaski
    Todd Lebowski
    Jed Levinsky


6. Over a great part of the story, Lon is not quite himself. He is traumatized by an incident occurring at the museum crime scene. What is it?
    he runs over a person with his car
    he accidentally fires a shot at Amelia
    a witness is shot to death right in front of him
    he unknowingly lets the killer know Lincoln's address


7. What does Lincoln's team call the killer?
    Unsub 109
    The Museum Killer
    The Card Player
    24601


8. What was the name of Charles Singleton's wife?
    Angela
    Scarlett
    Violet
    Ada


9. What is the real name of Jax, the "Graffiti King"?
    Kevin Cheaney
    Wesley Goades
    Alonzo Jackson
    Robert Sherman


10. With the help of VICAP, Lincoln's team finds two murders where the killer's M.O. was similar to this one. Where did these other two cases occur?
    Georgia and Oklahoma
    Louisiana and Nebraska
    Texas and Ohio
    Alabama and Tennessee


11. What is the NY neighborhood called that Charles Singleton refers to in his letters, where he attended some meetings?
    Answer: (Two Words)


12. What is the name of Geneva's best friend?
    Lakeesha
    Jonette
    Veronica
    Reena


13. Geneva is not completely honest with Lincoln and his team.
    True
    False


14. How does Thompson Boyd refer to Amelia throughout the story?
    "Camaro Lady
    "The red lady"
    "The woman in white"
    "Annie Oakley"


15. What is, according to Deaver, the politically incorrect expression for African-American Vernacular English?
    ebonics
    charcoal slang
    black English
    Harlem language


16. What is the name of Thompson Boyd's girlfriend?
    Alina Frazier
    Jeanne Starke
    Barbe Lynch
    Gail Davis


17. Which habit of Thompson Boyd's finally gives him away?
    biting his fingernails
    whispering loudly
    tugging at his hair
    whistling


18. What used to be Thompson Boyd's occupation?
    district attorney
    execution officer on death row
    policeman
    medical examiner


19. What does Amelia use to collar Thompson Boyd?
    a spade, her flashlight, and the lid of a garbage can
    a baseball bat, her handcuffs, and her fingernails
    an empty gun, her knife, and a rock
    an empty bottle, a handful of dirt, and a match


20. Who does Jax turn out to be?
    Thompson Boyd's accomplice
    Geneva's father
    a victim of Thompson Boyd that survived
    a hitherto unknown descendant of Frederick Douglass


21. What does Amelia find under the building where Potter's Field used to be?
    a skeleton
    a signed confession by Charles SIngleton that he stole the money
    a grenade that never went off
    the money that Charles Singleton allegedly stole


22. Who is Thompson Boyd's accomplice?
    Alina Frazier
    Jonette Monroe
    Jax
    Professor Mathers


23. Who hired Thompson Boyd to kill Geneva Settle?
    William Ashberry
    Lakeesha
    Wesley Goades
    Bani al-Dahab


24. What long lost thing does Lincoln recover at the end of the book?
    contact with his ex-wife, Blaine
    movement of his right hand
    joy of reading fiction
    taste for computer games


25. Bonus question: Who of Lincoln's usual team does not appear in this story?
    Mel Cooper
    Roland Bell
    Fred Dellray
    the "Hardy Boys" (Detectives Bedding and Saul)


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