1. Dexter is a serial killer, but one with a code of ethics. He only kills people who are themselves killers and deserve to be killed. How does he refer to what he does? as performing his civic duty as taking out the trash as playing God as assisting the laws of karma

2. Dexter?s first victim (in the book) is killed in the first chapter. What crime has he committed, making him worthy of Dexter's attention? killing his wife killing his own children killing politicians killing orphans

3. Many serial killers keep a souvenir of their kills, and Dexter is no exception. What does he keep from each of his victims? a drop of blood a fingertip a locket of hair a piece of identification

4. With Harry?s earlier coaching, Dexter manages to live a fairly normal life, at least it seems that way to anyone around him. He works in the forensics department of the Miami (Metro-Dade) police force. What is his area of specialty? decomposition rates blood spatter firearms hair and fibre

5. There is one serial killer pursued throughout the book, and Dexter develops the theory that he is using a refrigerated truck to conduct his killing. What does the killer toss at Dexter, one night when Dexter is pursuing one such suspicious truck? a bag of human organs a human leg a human arm a female head

6. At what interesting location is the body of one of the victims found (the third body found in the book)? at the hockey arena in the abandoned truck at the shopping mall in the meat cooler at the local grocery store

7. The serial killer breaks into Dexter's apartment, but instead of taking anything, he actually leaves something behind. What is it? a bloody knife a Barbie doll a bucket of blood a picture of his "workshop" area

8. Dexter spends a fair amount of time telling us stories about growing up with Harry. In one of these stories we hear about Dexter's first ever human kill. Who was it? a predator stalking his sister Deb a teacher at school a nurse at the hospice a corrupt police officer

9. When yet another body is discovered, Dexter and Deb manage to get hold of some webcam footage and catch a glimpse of the killer entering the building. What's alarming about the picture? He looks like Sergeant Doakes. He looks like Dexter. He is a woman. He looks like Harry.

10. Whose funeral are they at, at the end of the book? Dexter Morgan Deborah Morgan Detective Laguerta The killer