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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 Scarpetta answer the questions posed to her in court?
(a) Curtly.
(b) Politely and quickly.
(c) Honestly and openly.
(d) Rudely.

2. Why does Scarpetta think Sullivan might have reported the robbery of his apartment?
(a) To get his picture in the paper.
(b) To get the reward money when the killer is later caught.
(c) To keep police from connecting the gun to him.
(d) To confuse Scarpetta.

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

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

5. What is Scarpetta looking for in Robyn Naismith's house?
(a) Waddell's fingerprints.
(b) Eddie Heath's fingerprints.
(c) Lucy's fingerprints.
(d) Robyn's fingerprints.

Short Answer Questions

1. Initially, how does Scarpetta respond to the request to look at her records?

2. What did Susan come into right before she died?

3. Who does Scarpetta recognize Sullivan to be?

4. With whom is Benton vacationing over the holidays?

5. What does Scarpetta realize about the way Eddie Heath's body is positioned?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Scarpetta relieved of her duties?

2. Why is Benton concerned for Scarpetta's safety?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What causes Benton and Scarpetta to wonder if Eddie Heath's and Robyn's murders are related?

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

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

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