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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 notice is missing from her own office after Susan's death?
(a) The memos she is looking for.
(b) Personal objects.
(c) Her favorite gun.
(d) Money.

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

3. Why was Susan in such need of money before her death?
(a) Her husband gambled everything away.
(b) Her husband had no money, and they had a baby on the way.
(c) She had too much credit card debt.
(d) She owed a gambling debt.

4. What does Benton tell Scarpetta about the murders of Susan and the warden?
(a) Susan and the warden were trying to call Scarpetta before they died.
(b) Susan and the warden were killed with the same weapon.
(c) The murders happened at exactly the same time.
(d) Scarpetta was videotaped at both scenes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarpetta do to keep herself calm when she is under suspicion?

2. Where is Benton vacationing over the holidays?

3. What does Benton think about Susan's changing situation right before her death?

4. Who goes with Scarpetta to visit Sullivan's apartment?

5. What does Benton offer Lucy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Scarpetta learn about the bullets used in both Eddie Heath's and Susan's cases?

5. Once Lucy discovers someone has tapped into AFIS, what is Benton's theory about Waddell's fingerprints?

6. What does Scarpetta suspect about the briefcase Jennifer's ex-husband gives her?

7. Why does Jennifer's ex-husband like Scarpetta so much?

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

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

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

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