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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 Benton taste like when he kisses Kay?

2. Where does Lucy go after leaving the airport?

3. What is Pogue's personal worries each time he drinks?

4. What color baseball bat did Pogue carry inside the shop?

5. What kind of vehicle does Suzanne Paulsson drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter thirty-one what happens in the convenience store where Pogue goes to buy an orange drink like he had when he was a kid.

2. Why does Scarpetta not advise Rudy what to do about calling the police about the bomb?

3. Describe the scene in chapter fifty-seven when Pogue goes into buy the Cuban cigars.

4. Describe the bomb that was left in Lucy's mailbox.

5. What does Pogue think of Lucy's neighbor as he is going to check Lucy's mailbox to make sure the bomb isn't still there?

6. What does Scarpetta find in the abandoned building where she and Pogue used to work in chapter fifty-four?

7. What did Pogue and Mrs. Arnette discuss before he killed her as Pogue recalls in chapter fifty-one?

8. What is Lucy talking to the other helicopter pilot about in Dr. Paulsson's waiting room?

9. Describe what happens when Scarpetta first arrives at Mrs. Paulsson's home in the beginning of chapter thirty-one when Scarpetta goes to confront Mrs. Paulsson about the attack on Marino.

10. Describe what happens in chapter thirty-six when Rudy goes to Lucy's house.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is used at several different intervals in the story.

Part 1) Pick out three major instances of foreshadowing and explain what they allude to.

Part 2) How would the story have been different without these instances of foreshadowing?

Part 3) Is it possible to write a story with NO foreshadowing in place? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Marino is ashamed to have to explain that he was sexually assaulted by Mrs. Paulsson.

Part 1) Why is it that Marino was so ashamed to show Scarpetta his body?

Part 2) Would Marino have been less ashamed if Scarpetta had been a man or if Marino had not had feelings for Scarpetta.

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Paulsson talked about the dog Sweetie.

Part 1) What was significant about Mrs. Paulsson's explanation about the non existent dog?

Part 2) Why does Mrs. Paulsson continue to cling to the idea of a dog even after she is told that they know there never was a dog?

Part 3) Could there have been a pet other than a dog introduced or was the fact that the mythical pet was a dog important? Explain.

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