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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Scarpetta arrange for Lucy to do during Lucy's visit with Benton?
(a) Shooting lessons.
(b) Ski lessons.
(c) A babysitter.
(d) Arts and crafts classes.

3. What does Marino want Scarpetta to prove to him?
(a) That she hasn't cheated on him.
(b) That Lucy is not his daughter.
(c) That she bought the scarf for Susan.
(d) That she truly loves him and not Benton.

4. What kind of character is Benton Wesley?
(a) Old and wise.
(b) Calm and reasonable.
(c) Wild and crazy.
(d) A genius, but also a little batty.

5. How does Sullivan respond to seeing Scarpetta at his apartment?
(a) He gets furious.
(b) He seems uninterested.
(c) He runs.
(d) He is grateful the police are finally involved.

6. What does Benton offer Lucy?
(a) The chance to fire his gun.
(b) The chance to peek inside his top-secret FBI office.
(c) The chance to try to find evidence of tampering in AFIS.
(d) The chance to race him on skis down the hill.

7. Who is Benton Wesley?
(a) Lucy's father.
(b) An FBI agent.
(c) Scarpetta's ex-husband.
(d) A good friend of Officer James Powers.

8. Why do Scarpetta's guns need to be examined?
(a) To see if they have been stolen.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) To see if they have been fired lately.
(d) To see if one is the murder weapon.

9. Who does Hilton Sullivan first present himself to be?
(a) Lucy's cousin.
(b) Scarpetta's son.
(c) The suspected murderer.
(d) A condo owner.

10. What happens to Scarpetta after she appears in court?
(a) She is indicted.
(b) She is found not guilty.
(c) She is not indicted.
(d) She is found guilty.

11. Where does Scarpetta meet Jennifer's ex-husband?
(a) Canada.
(b) Fort Meyers.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Los Angeles.

12. Who requests to see Scarpetta's guns?
(a) Marino.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Benton.
(d) Officer James Powers.

13. Who collects the evidence needed from Robyn's house?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Benton.
(c) Scarpetta.
(d) Vander.

14. In Scarpetta's thinking, what is the only thing of interest on her computer that would give someone a reason to break into it?
(a) Her bank account information.
(b) Medical records of her autopsy patients.
(c) Waddell's autopsy report.
(d) The passwords for all of her employers.

15. Why does Hilton Sullivan call the police?
(a) He wants Scarpetta to finally acknowledge him.
(b) His condo has apparently been robbed.
(c) He is looking for Lucy.
(d) He wants to confess to the murders.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom is Benton vacationing over the holidays?

2. What warning does Marino give Scarpetta about the evidence against her?

3. Why does no one know for sure what was stolen from Robyn Naismith's home?

4. Scarpetta consults a bird expert who works for ______________.

5. Why was Jennifer Deighton writing to Waddell?

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