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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 Ben respond to Scarpetta's numerous accusations?
(a) He breaks down and confesses.
(b) He passes out from stress.
(c) He becomes vioently angry.
(d) He denies everything.

2. What did Susan come into right before she died?
(a) A new house.
(b) A new car.
(c) A new job far away.
(d) A great deal of money.

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 Lucy discover about Waddell's fingerprints?
(a) Someone changed them.
(b) They somehow match her own.
(c) They somehow match Scarpetta's.
(d) They were never taken.

5. Who goes with Scarpetta to visit Sullivan's apartment?
(a) Marino.
(b) Benton.
(c) Officer James Powers.
(d) Lucy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Benton vacationing over the holidays?

2. What happens to Scarpetta after she appears in court?

3. On what condition will Jennifer's husband speak to Scarpetta?

4. What kind of article does Scarpetta request Benton put in the newspaper?

5. What happens to Grimes by the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the press know about Scarpetta's meeting with the governor?

2. Why does Scarpetta request that Benton put an article in the paper about the theft of jackets?

3. Why is Scarpetta relieved of her duties?

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

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

6. Why isn't anyone able to get fingerprints from Waddell?

7. What does Scarpetta hypothesize about the killer from the information she learns from the bird expert?

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

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

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

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