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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. What does Scarpetta find on Eddie Heath's wrists during his autopsy?
(a) Marker marks.
(b) Tape residue.
(c) Rope.
(d) Chewing gum.

2. What does Scarpetta let Lucy borrow while she is staying with her?
(a) Her diamond necklace.
(b) Her very expensive leather jacket.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her cell phone.

3. What is Susan Story's job?
(a) She is Scarpetta's supervisor.
(b) She is Scarpetta's niece.
(c) She is the morgue supervisor.
(d) She is Scarpetta's boss.

4. Whose fingerprint has been found in the dining room of Jennifer Deighton's house?
(a) Ronnie Joe Waddell's.
(b) Scarpetta's.
(c) Lucy's.
(d) Marino's.

5. Whose office is Scarpetta in when she finally figures out to whom the secret file was sent?
(a) The mayor's.
(b) Marino's.
(c) Her own.
(d) The administrator's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarpetta find on her computer after Susan has gone there to lie down?

2. When the novel first opens, who is Scarpetta waiting for in the morgue?

3. What office issues a report about the residue found on Eddie Heath's wrists?

4. Who initially helps Scarpetta with Jennifer's autopsy?

5. What image is Vander able to get off of the blank piece of paper found at Jennifer's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Nicholas Grueman?

2. What does Scarpetta learn from the prison guard about Waddell's final hours?

3. What conclusion do Marino and Scarpetta come to regarding Jennifer's death?

4. What is Scarpetta's feeling on the death penalty?

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

6. Why is the prison nearly empty when Marino and Scarpetta go to investigate Waddell's execution?

7. Who was Robyn Naismith?

8. What happened to Marino's partner before Waddell was caught?

9. What is Scarpetta looking for on people's computers while she is trying to figure out who hacked into her own machine?

10. How are Scarpetta and Jennifer Deighton connected?

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