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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarpetta tell Wingo is the reason that the killer continues to hurt women?

2. What does Scarpetta imagine that the killer has done after reading the newspaper?

3. In chapter fourteen what does Scarpetta say that Margret had made the data base administrator?

4. What does Abby say when she learns that it may have been her article that the person got the tan belt piece of information from?

5. What does Scarpetta say is the reason that the killer would want to get inside of her mind in the beginning of chapter thirteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the beginning of chapter fourteen how does Scarpetta describe her sleep?

2. What does Scarpetta and Boltz discuss over dinner in chapter ten?

3. When Scarpetta is talking to Wingo in chapter sixteen what does Wingo explain that he has discover?

4. What do Lucy and Scarpetta talk about at the kitchen table in chapter nine?

5. What is revealed about Scarpetta's childhood in chapter nine?

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

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

8. What is Abby able to tell Scarpetta and Marino about Henna in chapter eleven?

9. Describe the phone conversation that takes place between Scarpetta and Abby Turnbull in the end of chapter fourteen.

10. Describe the results of the testing done by Scarpetta and Vander in chapter ten with the pink soap.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Is Scarpetta a believable character? Is the way that she claims to be treated different because she is female seemingly realistic in a modern setting? Explain.

Part 2) What other prejudices are seen in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Describe Bill Boltz. How does it change the reader's view of Bill when it is learned that he raped Abby?

Part 2) Speculate on whether or not Abby was lying.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) What is significant about Scarpetta's dreams?

Part 2) In what way does Scarpetta's feelings toward her father tie into the murders and the way that Scarpetta views the murderer? Why does her dead father turn into the murderer in the end of the chapter?

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