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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 startles Scarpetta while she is walking into the parking garage in chapter twelve?
(a) A phone ringing.
(b) A cat.
(c) A jogger.
(d) A motorcycle.

2. Lucy keeps telling Scarpetta that it will be nice when what happens in chapter ten?
(a) When she can come and stay with Scarpetta again.
(b) When Bill and Scarpetta get married.
(c) When a new computer game comes out.
(d) When the killer is caught.

3. What does Marino ask Scarpetta that makes her angry in chapter twelve?
(a) If she had been abused as a child.
(b) If Boltz was rough in bed.
(c) If Boltz had ever raped her.
(d) How Lucy was.

4. Who was Abby Turnbull screaming at when she arrives in chapter eleven?
(a) The officers.
(b) Bill Boltz.
(c) Scarpetta.
(d) Marino.

5. What does Margaret tell Scarpetta she has that might be helpful?
(a) Paperwork.
(b) Z drive.
(c) Formatted disk.
(d) Flat file.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the killer doing in Boston years earlier when similar murders had happened there?

2. Why does Marino suggest that Bill Boltz wife would take her own life?

3. Who is Henna Yarborough's roommate?

4. What does Scarpetta say about Lucy's IQ in chapter fourteen?

5. What does Lucy say as Scarpetta puts her to bed in chapter nine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scarpetta and Lucy decide to do in the end of chapter sixteen?

2. Describe what happens while Scarpetta is listening to the 911 tapes that Marino let her take home.

3. What does Marino come in with in chapter thirteen?

4. What happens while Wingo is cleaning out the lab refrigerator in chapter nine?

5. Describe what happens when the killer breaks into Scarpetta's home?

6. What does Abby Turnbull say happened to her that the police didn't help with?

7. Describe the phone conversation that occurs with Cecile's family in chapter fourteen.

8. What happens in chapter fourteen when Scarpetta arrives for work?

9. What does Scarpetta tell Abby about her sister's death in chapter thirteen?

10. What is Scarpetta told when her mother calls in chapter nine?

(see the answer keys)

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