2. Who is Vander?
(a) Scarpetta's current boyfriend.
(b) Scarpetta's fingerprint expert.
(c) Scarpetta's personal trainer.
(d) Scarpetta's gardener.

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

4. How does Nicholas Grueman usually make Scarpetta feel?
(a) Like she is drunk.
(b) Like she is young and beautiful again.
(c) Like she is the smartest person in the room.
(d) Like she is back in law school.

5. What does Susan break during Eddie Heath's autopsy?
(a) Her wrist.
(b) Scarpetta's computer.
(c) Glass jars of formaldehyde.
(d) Her glasses.

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

7. What is the official ruling on how Jennifer died?
(a) Accidental drowning.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Strangulation.

8. What does Scarpetta find on Eddie Heath's wrists during his autopsy?
(a) Rope.
(b) Tape residue.
(c) Chewing gum.
(d) Marker marks.

9. Who does Scarpetta realize has been the only person, other than herself, alone in her office?
(a) Marino.
(b) Her secretary.
(c) Susan.
(d) Lucy.

10. What unusual item is found in the residue on Eddie Heath's wrists?
(a) A bandaid.
(b) A tattoo.
(c) Feathers.
(d) A rubber band.

11. Why must Susan lie down during Eddie Health's autopsy?
(a) Because she cannot see now that her glasses are broken.
(b) Because she is of no use with her broken wrist.
(c) Because the formaldehyde is not good for pregnant women.
(d) Because she has compromised the security of the lab by breaking Scarpetta's computer.

12. What has Lucy done to Scarpetta's office without asking while Scarpetta is at work?
(a) Totally messed it up.
(b) Rearranged it.
(c) Cleaned it.
(d) Redecorated it.

13. Who is Mark James?
(a) Scarpetta's dead ex-husband.
(b) Scarpetta's dead father.
(c) Scarpetta's dead boyfriend.
(d) Scarpetta's dead brother.

14. After seeing Eddie Health, what kind of research on the computer does Scarpetta order?
(a) Cases of excised skin and cases that include bite marks.
(b) Cases that include bite marks.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) Cases of excised skin.

15. What first signals to Scarpetta that Jennifer's death may not be what it seems?
(a) Her socks are clean.
(b) She appears to have been gagged.
(c) She has not written a suicide note.
(d) The TV is on too loud.