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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 chemical does Scarpetta use to look for evidence in the dark?
(a) Clorox.
(b) Luminol.
(c) Bleach.
(d) Dioxide.

2. What job offer does Benton make to Scarpetta by the end of the novel?
(a) To become his assistant.
(b) To join his Behavioral Science Unit team.
(c) To become the new director of the National Health Administration.
(d) To become a professor at Georgetown University.

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

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

5. What does Scarpetta do to keep herself calm when she is under suspicion?
(a) Follows her normal routine.
(b) Goes out of town.
(c) Goes to a day spa.
(d) Drives through the countryside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarpetta notice is missing from her own office after Susan's death?

2. Where did Grueman keep his belongings?

3. Who now lives in Robyn Naismith's house?

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

5. What does Benton tell Scarpetta about the murders of Susan and the warden?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Scarpetta accuse Ben of during the confrontation in Ben's office?

3. Why does Waddell's decision to give up appealing his case surprise Scarpetta?

4. How does Scarpetta know that the killer only had access to crime scene pictures, not the crime scene itself, of Robyn's murder?

5. What does Grueman confess about why he was so hard on Scarpetta in law school?

6. How does Scarpetta explain away the incriminating evidence found in Susan's home?

7. What causes the governor to resign?

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

9. What question does Grueman have about Scarpetta's finances?

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

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