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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Scarpetta decide to stop at Susan's house on her way to a party?
(a) Scarpetta wants to give Susan a gift.
(b) Scarpetta to drop off Susan's belongings from the lab.
(c) Scarpetta wants to tell her Susan is fired.
(d) Scarpetta is taking homemade chicken soup to Susan.

2. On what day does Lucy fly up to see Scarpetta?
(a) Monday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Tuesday.

3. How old is Susan Story?
(a) 67.
(b) She is, perhaps, in her 20s or 30s.
(c) In her teens.
(d) 75.

4. Whose fingerprint has been found in the dining room of Jennifer Deighton's house?
(a) Lucy's.
(b) Ronnie Joe Waddell's.
(c) Scarpetta's.
(d) Marino's.

5. 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 bury the envelope with Waddell.
(d) To send it to Waddell's mother.

6. How does Susan's sister die?
(a) She is murdered by a serial killer.
(b) She commits suicide.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) She has cancer.

7. When was Jennifer married?
(a) In the eighties.
(b) In the sixties.
(c) In the nineties.
(d) In the seventies.

8. Who is Frank Donahue?
(a) Lucy's father.
(b) Scarpetta's boyfriend.
(c) Lucy's boyfriend.
(d) The prison warden.

9. What has Scarpetta bought Susan as a Christmas gift?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A new car.
(c) A leather jacket.
(d) A sweater from Belize.

10. What does Lucy question Scarpetta about on the phone that makes her uncomfortable?
(a) Her new neighborhood.
(b) Moving from her old house.
(c) Mark's death.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

11. Who had taped an interview of Scarpetta a few weeks before dying?
(a) Scarpetta's mom.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Marino's ex-girlfriend.
(d) No one.

12. Who tells Scarpetta that Waddell's execution is taking place as planned?
(a) Waddell himself.
(b) Pete Marino.
(c) No one.
(d) Ben Stevens.

13. "Cruel and Unusual" is which number in the Scarpetta series?
(a) Third.
(b) First.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Fourth.

14. Where does Waddell's body have strange abrasions?
(a) His legs.
(b) His neck.
(c) His arms.
(d) His ankles.

15. What does Lucy think someone was trying to do on Scarpetta's computer?
(a) Build a bomb.
(b) Leave a virus.
(c) Plant evidence.
(d) Send a message.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucy need to get into Scarpetta's database?

2. What is Lucy's area of expertise?

3. Where does Lucy live?

4. For what holiday does Scarpetta invite Lucy up to stay with her?

5. How did Mrs. Clary feel about having Jennifer as a neighbor?

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