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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who solved the case that sent Waddell to prison?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Marino.
(c) Wellesly.
(d) Scarpetta.

2. What does Scarpetta notice immediately about Waddell's body?
(a) He has a beard.
(b) He is still alive.
(c) Someone has broken his legs.
(d) It is very bloody.

3. Where does Lucy live?
(a) Canada.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) New York.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarpetta let Lucy borrow while she is staying with her?

2. What is the name of the guard who searches Scarpetta when she goes to see where Waddell was executed?

3. Who does Scarpetta instruct to take Waddell's fingerprints?

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

5. Who tells Scarpetta that Waddell's execution is taking place as planned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marino think of the way Heath was killed?

2. Who was Robyn Naismith?

3. What does Lucy think is going on with Waddell's fingerprints supposedly being found at Jennifer's death scene?

4. What is so strange about the prison warden's behavior at the holiday party Scarpetta attends?

5. What does Trace find out about the residue on Heath's wrists?

6. What reasons does Susan give Scarpetta for why she has been acting funny lately?

7. How are Scarpetta and Jennifer Deighton connected?

8. What does Jennifer Deighton do for a living?

9. What does Scarpetta think of Heath's wounds?

10. What evidence points to murder instead of suicide at the scene where Jennifer's body is found?

(see the answer keys)

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