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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. Which police officer arrives to watch Waddell's autopsy?
(a) All of the officers.
(b) Marino.
(c) Wellesly.
(d) None of the officers.

2. Who tells Scarpetta that the police were able to lift several fingerprints from the scene where Jennifer's body was found?
(a) Powers.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Marino.
(d) No one.

3. What does Lucy complain about during her time with Scarpetta?
(a) How Scarpetta won't let her use her cell phone in the house.
(b) How boring her house is.
(c) How she doesn't get good cable.
(d) Her lack of mobility.

4. Who did Waddell murder?
(a) A young unknown girl.
(b) Dr. Scarpetta.
(c) Pete Marino.
(d) Robyn Naismith.

5. What was Jennifer's relationship like with her ex-husband?
(a) Vindictive.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucy think someone was trying to do on Scarpetta's computer?

2. What does Susan break during Eddie Heath's autopsy?

3. What is the name of the guard who searches Scarpetta when she goes to see where Waddell was executed?

4. Who is Mark James?

5. What does Scarpetta conclude after examining the electric chair at the prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jennifer take an interest in shortly before her death?

2. Why does Susan get upset while doing Jennifer's autopsy?

3. What do Lucy and Scarpetta do on Christmas morning?

4. What evidence points to murder instead of suicide at the scene where Jennifer's body is found?

5. What suspicious call does Scarpetta get while in the lab after Jennifer's autopsy?

6. What happened to Scarpetta's boyfriend Mark?

7. Why does Scarpetta get angry at Lucy within the first few days that she is visiting?

8. What medical case/situation does a detective ask for Scarpetta's advice on while she is dealing with Waddell's body?

9. What does Marino think of the way Heath was killed?

10. Who is Nicholas Grueman?

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