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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the novel first opens, who is Scarpetta waiting for in the morgue?
(a) Ronnie Joe Waddell.
(b) Her assistant, Susan.
(c) Pete Marino.
(d) Television reporters.

2. Where is Ronnie Joe Waddell executed?
(a) Accidentally in the morgue.
(b) In a bar.
(c) In someone's backyard.
(d) At a prison.

3. Where is Jennifer's body found?
(a) In her dumpster.
(b) In her kitchen.
(c) In her backyard.
(d) In her garage.

4. What does Scarpetta think of the lack of abrasions on Heath's wrists?
(a) The tape was very loose.
(b) He was definitely not killed by Waddell.
(c) He was bound after he was shot.
(d) Someone other than the killer put tape on his wrists.

5. Who wrote "Cruel and Unusual"?
(a) Anonymous.
(b) Patricia Cornwell.
(c) Patricia Higginson.
(d) J. K. Rowling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie Health die from?

2. Who tells Scarpetta that Waddell's execution is taking place as planned?

3. Who solved the case that sent Waddell to prison?

4. Why must Susan lie down during Eddie Health's autopsy?

5. How old is Susan Story?

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