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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. What does Scarpetta arrange for Lucy to do during Lucy's visit with Benton?

2. Who relieves Scarpetta of her job?

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

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

5. Why was Waddell's file not deleted as it should have been after his execution?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Scarpetta relieved of her duties?

4. What personal advice does Marino give Scarpetta over lunch once rumors surrounding Susan's death have hit the papers?

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

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

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

8. How does Scarpetta know that the killer only had access to crime scene pictures, not the crime scene itself, of Robyn's murder?

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

10. What question does Grueman have about Scarpetta's finances?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify what you think is the tone for the novel and discuss 3 literary devices that Cornwell uses to create this tone.

Essay Topic 2

How does the information about Scarpetta's relationship with Mark contribute to her character? Provide at least 3 specific examples.

Essay Topic 3

Describe at least 4 ways that the novel is changed ,either positively or negatively, by having detailed cooking scenes with Scarpetta. Use specific examples from the text to support your argument.

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