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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. Who technically owns Robyn Naismith's house?
(a) The police department.
(b) A university.
(c) The same old lady who lives there.
(d) The city.

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

3. What happens to Grimes by the end of the novel?
(a) She loses all of her money.
(b) She gets her job back.
(c) She is murdered.
(d) She dies.

4. Why was Grueman unable to meet with Jennifer?
(a) A meeting would be unethical.
(b) Jennifer was killed before they could meet.
(c) Waddell gave up his appeals.
(d) Jennifer decided against the meeting.

5. In Scarpetta's thinking, what is the only thing of interest on her computer that would give someone a reason to break into it?
(a) Medical records of her autopsy patients.
(b) The passwords for all of her employers.
(c) Her bank account information.
(d) Waddell's autopsy report.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jennifer wanted to help Waddell with his ________________.

2. Why does Scarpetta think Sullivan might have reported the robbery of his apartment?

3. Why was Susan in such need of money before her death?

4. Who is Benton Wesley?

5. With whom is Benton vacationing over the holidays?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Susan's husband tell the newspapers about Scarpetta?

7. What does the bird expert say about the feathers found at every crime scene?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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