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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Eddie Heath's body found?
(a) Behind a grocery store.
(b) Behind Scarpetta's house.
(c) Behind a hospital.
(d) Behind a post office.

3. What does Eddie Health die from?
(a) No one can really tell for sure.
(b) Cancer.
(c) A gunshot wound to his head.
(d) Starvation.

4. Who does Scarpetta instruct to take Waddell's fingerprints?
(a) Benton.
(b) No one.
(c) Susan.
(d) Pete.

5. What ends Scarpetta's visit to Susan's house?
(a) A burglar coming in.
(b) Scarpetta's alarm clock.
(c) Scarpetta is called to another crime scene.
(d) The arrival of Susan's husband.

6. Who tells Scarpetta that the police were able to lift several fingerprints from the scene where Jennifer's body was found?
(a) Powers.
(b) Marino.
(c) Lucy.
(d) No one.

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

8. How old is Eddie Health?
(a) 20.
(b) 40.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

9. Who is Dr. Kay Scarpetta?
(a) Just a regular doctor.
(b) A nurse with a PhD.
(c) The medical examiner.
(d) A microbiologist .

10. Which police officer arrives to watch Waddell's autopsy?
(a) Marino.
(b) Wellesly.
(c) None of the officers.
(d) All of the officers.

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

12. Who does Scarpetta meet at the hospital to examine Eddie Heath?
(a) Detective Joe Trent.
(b) Officer James Powers.
(c) Detective Pete Marino.
(d) No one.

13. For whom was the suspicious message on Scarpetta's computer written?
(a) Stevens.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Marino.
(d) Susan.

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

15. What does Scarpetta conclude after examining the electric chair at the prison?
(a) Someone has set it up to explode next time it is used.
(b) It was the source of the marks on Waddell's arms.
(c) It was malfunctioning.
(d) It was not the source of the marks on Waddell's arms.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Scarpetta think of the lack of abrasions on Heath's wrists?

3. What has happened to the fingerprints taken from Waddell during his autopsy?

4. What unusual item is found in the residue on Eddie Heath's wrists?

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

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