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

2. What does the image found on the blank piece of paper found at Jennifer's house say?
(a) Jennifer has been having an affair with Marino.
(b) Jennifer knows Waddell is innocent and is willing to testify to that fact.
(c) Jennifer is out to get Scarpetta.
(d) Jennifer has agreed to help Grueman do something.

3. What ends Scarpetta's visit to Susan's house?
(a) The arrival of Susan's husband.
(b) Scarpetta's alarm clock.
(c) A burglar coming in.
(d) Scarpetta is called to another crime scene.

4. Who tells Scarpetta that Susan has gone home sick?
(a) Ben Stevens.
(b) Pete Marino.
(c) Lucy.
(d) James Powers.

5. What reason is Scarpetta given for the unusual appearance of Waddell's body?
(a) He was dead a few minutes ago.
(b) He wouldn't let anyone shave him.
(c) He had a nose bleed.
(d) He tripped and fell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Scarpetta find an envelope on Waddell's body?

2. What does Scarpetta conclude after examining the electric chair at the prison?

3. What does Susan break during Eddie Heath's autopsy?

4. How does Susan's sister die?

5. What request is in the envelope that is found with Waddell?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Scarpetta's personal life.

2. What does Marino confess to Scarpetta about his dating life while over at her house on Christmas?

3. What does Lucy suggest about what has happened to Scarpetta's computer?

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

5. What suspicious call does Scarpetta get while in the lab after Jennifer's autopsy?

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

7. Why does Scarpetta get angry at Lucy within the first few days that she is visiting?

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

9. What happened to Scarpetta's boyfriend Mark?

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

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