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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city does Dr. Scarpetta work?
(a) Somewhere in Georgia.
(b) Richmond, Canada.
(c) Richmond, Virginia.
(d) San Francisco, California.

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

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

4. Where is Jennifer's body found?
(a) In her dumpster.
(b) In her garage.
(c) In her backyard.
(d) In her kitchen.

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

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

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

8. Where is Ronnie Joe Waddell executed?
(a) At a prison.
(b) In a bar.
(c) In someone's backyard.
(d) Accidentally in the morgue.

9. How is Susan Stone killed?
(a) She is drowned.
(b) She is strangled.
(c) She is shot.
(d) She is poisoned.

10. Who initially helps Scarpetta with Jennifer's autopsy?
(a) Ben.
(b) Susan.
(c) Marino.
(d) Benton.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After seeing Eddie Health, what kind of research on the computer does Scarpetta order?

3. What does Lucy think someone was trying to do on Scarpetta's computer?

4. Whose name does Scarpetta willingly remove as a witness to Eddie Heath's autopsy?

5. What do Scarpetta and Lucy decorate?

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