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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. Where is Scarpetta headed when she learns about he death of Frank Donahue?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Florida, to visit Lucy.
(c) New York City.
(d) The Bahamas.

2. Why is Scarpetta not looking forward to her meeting with Grueman after her meeting with the bird expert?
(a) Grueman is always horribly boring.
(b) Scarpetta knows Grueman will not listen.
(c) Scarpetta will have to confess that the state executed the wrong man.
(d) Scarpetta is intimidated by Grueman.

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

4. What does Benton do in response to Scarpetta's request to put an article in the paper?
(a) He does it.
(b) He tells her he won't do it .
(c) He agrees to do it, but does not follow through.
(d) None of these answers are correct.

5. What happens to Waddell's body after the autopsy is performed?
(a) It somehow gets lost.
(b) It is cremated.
(c) It is donated to science.
(d) It is shipped back to his home in Croatia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Scarpetta called to testify about the murders?

2. Who did Waddell want to attend his execution?

3. Who collects the evidence needed from Robyn's house?

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

5. What does Scarpetta realize about Eddie Heath's killer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Scarpetta find the request to see her guns ridiculous?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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