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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Scarpetta recognize Sullivan to be?
(a) Lucy in disguise.
(b) The prison warden.
(c) The person she saw at Grimes's house.
(d) Lucy's friend.

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

3. What happens to Waddell's body after the autopsy is performed?
(a) It is shipped back to his home in Croatia.
(b) It somehow gets lost.
(c) It is donated to science.
(d) It is cremated.

4. Why does the governor request to meet with Scarpetta?
(a) So she can hand over her records.
(b) To discuss the murders.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) He is her boss.

5. What is Jennifer's ex-husband's name?
(a) Mr. Bannister.
(b) Mr. Travers.
(c) Mr. Barton.
(d) Mr. Powers.

6. Why was Susan in such need of money before her death?
(a) She had too much credit card debt.
(b) Her husband gambled everything away.
(c) She owed a gambling debt.
(d) Her husband had no money, and they had a baby on the way.

7. Where is Scarpetta headed when she learns about he death of Frank Donahue?
(a) The Bahamas.
(b) Richmond.
(c) New York City.
(d) Florida, to visit Lucy.

8. Scarpetta consults a bird expert who works for ______________.
(a) The library in town.
(b) A local university.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The museum of natural history.

9. What is Grueman's demeanor during his meeting with Scarpetta after she met with the bird expert?
(a) Condescending.
(b) Polite.
(c) Downright mean.
(d) Rude.

10. Why does Scarpetta visit Grueman after her meeting with the bird expert?
(a) To ask for a letter of recommendation.
(b) To discuss Grueman's findings.
(c) To get evidence that the man executed was really Waddell.
(d) To put him in his place.

11. What warning does Marino give Scarpetta about the evidence against her?
(a) No evidence exists.
(b) It is very, very flimsy.
(c) It is circumstantial, but compelling.
(d) It is solid as a rock.

12. What does Scarpetta realize about the way Eddie Heath's body is positioned?
(a) The body has been moved.
(b) The body's position is a mirror image of how Robyn's body was positioned.
(c) The body is positioned in the shape of a letter.
(d) The body's position shows signs of a struggle.

13. What does Scarpetta find in Susan's office after her death?
(a) Nothing that she is looking for.
(b) Drugs.
(c) A lot of money that shouldn't be there.
(d) A secret letter.

14. Who now lives in Robyn Naismith's house?
(a) A very old lady who is a bit deaf.
(b) No one.
(c) Officer James Powers.
(d) A professor.

15. What is Scarpetta looking for in Robyn Naismith's house?
(a) Lucy's fingerprints.
(b) Eddie Heath's fingerprints.
(c) Waddell's fingerprints.
(d) Robyn's fingerprints.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Benton recommend for Scarpetta to hire as a lawyer?

2. What happens to Grimes by the end of the novel?

3. Why does Scarpetta block the light from coming into Robyn's house?

4. What was found in the envelope in Susan's home?

5. Over what do Benton and Scarpetta discuss their cases during the holidays?

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