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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Christmas dinner guest of Lucy and Scarpetta?

2. Whose fingerprint has been found in the dining room of Jennifer Deighton's house?

3. Who is Frank Donahue?

4. Where is the holiday party being held that Scarpetta attends?

5. What has happened to the fingerprints taken from Waddell during his autopsy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucy suggest about what has happened to Scarpetta's computer?

2. What does Lucy think is going on with Waddell's fingerprints supposedly being found at Jennifer's death scene?

3. Why does Susan get upset while doing Jennifer's autopsy?

4. What is Scarpetta looking for on people's computers while she is trying to figure out who hacked into her own machine?

5. How are Scarpetta and Jennifer Deighton connected?

6. What does Marino confess to Scarpetta about his dating life while over at her house on Christmas?

7. What happened to Scarpetta's boyfriend Mark?

8. What do Lucy and Scarpetta do on Christmas morning?

9. What is Scarpetta's feeling on the death penalty?

10. What does Jennifer Deighton do for a living?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Marino and Wesley. How are they similar? How are they different? Make sure to use direct evidence from the text, such as examples and quotations, to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the relationship between Lucy and Scarpetta. Using direct evidence from the text, make sure to address the following points: what their relationship has been like historically, what their relationship is like now, and what the reader learns about these 2 characters through their interactions with each other.

Essay Topic 3

Write a well-reasoned argument discussing whether or not Scarpetta is a good role model for young, female readers.

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