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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. Who is seated near Kay and Mark at dinner?
(a) Lucy.
(b) A beautiful woman.
(c) A lawyer from Orndorff & Berger.
(d) A handsome young man.

2. In Chapter 3, where does Kay Scarpetta go to learn more about Beryl's writing?
(a) The library.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The police station.

3. What does Kay discover about a box of film in the morgue?
(a) The film is exposed.
(b) The film is missing.
(c) The film is wet.
(d) The film is a different brand than she normally uses.

4. To where does Beryl fly in Chapter 6?
(a) Florida.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Texas.
(d) North Carolina.

5. In Chapter 9, what other crimes has Jeb Price committed?
(a) Jeb has a speeding ticket.
(b) Jeff has committed petty larceny.
(c) Jeb Price has no criminal record.
(d) Jeb is a convicted killer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the attorney general want to speak with Kay?

2. What does Ethridge ask Kay to find?

3. In Chapter 7, where is Cary Harper murdered?

4. Where does Sparacino believe Beryl's unfinished manuscript is?

5. Where does Kay sleep when she spends the night in Cutler Grove?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, why does Pete Marino call Kay, and what does Kay do in response?

2. In Chapter 8, where does Sterling have Kay sleep, and how comfortable is Kay?

3. In Chapter 1, how does Pete know that Beryl has not eaten a snack before she is killed?

4. How do newspaper headlines implicate Kay, and why does this prompt Ethridge to caution her?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Pete learn about Jeb Price?

6. Why does Beryl speak at the meeting as a favor?

7. How does Al know Beryl Madison, and what does he discover about her car?

8. For what reason does Mark send Kay an airplane ticket to New York City?

9. What impression does Kay gain about the time that Beryl Madison lived with the Harpers?

10. What does Kay keep asking herself as she investigates Beryl's house with Pete Marino?

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