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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was found in the envelope in Susan's home?
(a) Incriminating photos.
(b) A key to a safe.
(c) Scarpetta's wallet and keys.
(d) Several hundred dollars of cash.

2. What job offer does Benton make to Scarpetta by the end of the novel?
(a) To become a professor at Georgetown University.
(b) To become his assistant.
(c) To become the new director of the National Health Administration.
(d) To join his Behavioral Science Unit team.

3. What has happened to the fingerprints taken from Waddell during his autopsy?
(a) They got burned in a fire.
(b) They got ruined in a flood.
(c) No one knows; they are missing.
(d) They have been switched with Scarpetta's.

4. Who is the Christmas dinner guest of Lucy and Scarpetta?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Scarpetta's boyfriend.
(c) Marino.
(d) Lucy's mother.

5. What office issues a report about the residue found on Eddie Heath's wrists?
(a) The mayor's office.
(b) Trace.
(c) The president's office.
(d) Ballistics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What first signals to Scarpetta that Jennifer's death may not be what it seems?

3. What does Scarpetta use to block the light from coming into Robyn's house?

4. How does Scarpetta answer the questions posed to her in court?

5. Where is Scarpetta headed when she learns about he death of Frank Donahue?

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