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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. Police want to look at Scarpetta's ___________.
(a) Email records.
(b) Financial records.
(c) Research records.
(d) Musical records.

2. What does Benton think about Susan's changing situation right before her death?
(a) Susan received a large inheritance.
(b) Susan was working on a second job.
(c) Someone was paying Susan to betray Scarpetta.
(d) Susan won the lottery.

3. Why is Scarpetta not looking forward to her meeting with Grueman after her meeting with the bird expert?
(a) Scarpetta knows Grueman will not listen.
(b) Scarpetta will have to confess that the state executed the wrong man.
(c) Scarpetta is intimidated by Grueman.
(d) Grueman is always horribly boring.

4. Jennifer wanted to help Waddell with his ________________.
(a) His appeals.
(b) His escape.
(c) His music.
(d) His novel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who collects the evidence needed from Robyn's house?

2. What is Jennifer's ex-husband's name?

3. Who does Hilton Sullivan first present himself to be?

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

5. What triggers Scarpetta into thinking that Sullivan might be lying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Benton not believe that Waddell would be capable of the recent murders?

2. What personal advice does Marino give Scarpetta over lunch once rumors surrounding Susan's death have hit the papers?

3. Over dinner at the ski lodge, what do Benton and Scarpetta decide is an unlikely hypothesis of Waddell?

4. What do Benton and Scarpetta find when they darken Robyn's old house?

5. What act of kindness does Scarpetta do for Charlie Hale?

6. Why do Benton and Scarpetta rearrange the furniture in Robyn's old house?

7. What helps Scarpetta recognize Sullivan as the same person she saw in Grimes's house?

8. What act of kindness does Charlie Hale do for Scarpetta?

9. Why is Scarpetta relieved of her duties?

10. Why does Scarpetta head to Robyn's old house to get fingerprints?

(see the answer keys)

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