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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. Under what name is "Flag of Honor" written?
(a) Susan Straw.
(b) Beryl Madison.
(c) Kay Scarpetta.
(d) Emily Stratton.

2. What is missing and therefore cannot substantiate rape?
(a) Blood.
(b) Sputum.
(c) Seminal fluid.
(d) Pulse.

3. Why does the attorney general want to speak with Kay?
(a) To go over the Beryl Madison evidence.
(b) To offer Kay a new position.
(c) So she can meet Sparacino for lunch.
(d) To quash the publicity about the missing manuscript.

4. Who has a lot to lose if the manuscript is published?
(a) Cary Harper.
(b) Sterling Harper.
(c) Mark James.
(d) Sparacino.

5. In Chapter 7, where is Cary Harper murdered?
(a) Outside his Cutler Grove home.
(b) In his bedroom in Cutler's Grove.
(c) At Culpeper's Tavern.
(d) In Colonial Williamsburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what age range is the killer thought to be?

2. What is scattered all over the deceased's body?

3. In Chapter 6, what does the Chicago medical examiner know about Mark James?

4. From what source do the white ashes in the fireplace come?

5. To where does Mark send Kay a ticket unexpectedly after she leaves Joni Hamm?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, where does Kay learn about Beryl's lecture, and for what organization does she learn that Beryl spoke?

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

3. Why does Mark telephone Kay, and what happens when Kay tries to find out where he is?

4. Who appears at Kay and Mark's table when they have finished dining, and why does this seem suspicious?

5. For what reasons is Kay forced to spend the night at Cutler Grove, and what does she do while visiting with Sterling?

6. What does Kay do when Sparacino accuses her directly of being paid to give Harper the manuscript?

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

8. What book did Cary write, and at what age?

9. In what condition does Kay find Sterling during the middle of the night?

10. What article does Kay omit from her description of Cary Harper's personal effects?

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