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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scarpetta let Lucy borrow while she is staying with her?
(a) Her very expensive leather jacket.
(b) Her car.
(c) Her cell phone.
(d) Her diamond necklace.

2. What request is in the envelope that is found with Waddell?
(a) To send it to Waddell's girlfriend.
(b) For Scarpetta to open the envelope privately.
(c) To send it to Waddell's mother.
(d) To bury the envelope with Waddell.

3. What does Lucy do to pass the time when Scarpetta is at work?
(a) Goes shopping.
(b) Swims in her pool.
(c) Goes to the gym.
(d) Hangs out at the library.

4. Who is Mrs. Clary?
(a) Jennifer's secret girlfriend.
(b) Jennifer's gardener.
(c) Jennifer's mother.
(d) Jennifer's nosy neighbor.

5. What does Scarpetta notice immediately about Waddell's body?
(a) He is still alive.
(b) It is very bloody.
(c) He has a beard.
(d) Someone has broken his legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are most employees unable to come to the morgue the day after Jennifer's body was found?

2. Who does Scarpetta realize has been the only person, other than herself, alone in her office?

3. When the novel first opens, who is Scarpetta waiting for in the morgue?

4. Where does Waddell's body have strange abrasions?

5. What is the name of the guard who searches Scarpetta when she goes to see where Waddell was executed?

(see the answer key)

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