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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abby say Henna's plans had been for Saturday?
(a) To go grocery shopping.
(b) To go clothes shopping.
(c) To go out on a date.
(d) To go to the theatre.

2. What is the main ingredient in the pink soap tested in chapter ten?
(a) Borax.
(b) Talc.
(c) Iodine.
(d) Sulfur.

3. How old was the murderer?
(a) Sixty-four.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) Twenty-seven.
(d) Thirty-five.

4. What does Lucy say that the System/Manager is?
(a) Nothing she has ever used before.
(b) God.
(c) A nifty application.
(d) Beyond her comprehension.

5. What substance do they test in chapter ten that gives off the same glittery shine when exposed to the laser as the substance found on the murder victims?
(a) A foot powder used by several people in the ME's office.
(b) They don't find anything.
(c) A pink granular soap used in the ME's offices.
(d) A medication that is bought over the counter.

6. What does Lucy say about Scarpetta having a gun?
(a) It makes Lucy nervous.
(b) It doesn't make any difference to Lucy.
(c) It is stupid.
(d) It is smart.

7. What is Scarpetta briefly worried that Wingo may be being tested for?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Foot fungus.

8. Who calls in the end of chapter nine while Scarpetta and Lucy are sitting at the table?
(a) Boltz.
(b) Marino.
(c) Scarpetta's mother.
(d) Lucy's mother.

9. Why does Scarpetta explain to Lucy that she owns a gun?
(a) She is scared.
(b) No woman should be without one.
(c) She likes to target practice.
(d) She lives alone.

10. What was the killer doing in Boston years earlier when similar murders had happened there?
(a) Delivering chickens to a plant in Boston.
(b) Working as a crossing guard.
(c) Acting as a magician for birthday parties.
(d) Delivering flowers.

11. What does Marino ask Scarpetta that makes her angry in chapter twelve?
(a) If Boltz was rough in bed.
(b) How Lucy was.
(c) If she had been abused as a child.
(d) If Boltz had ever raped her.

12. What does Scarpetta tell Lucy while they are sitting on the couch in chapter fourteen?
(a) Lucy is beautiful.
(b) She wants Lucy to come live with her.
(c) She trusts Lucy more than anyone else.
(d) She is going to quit her job.

13. What does Scarpetta explain may be the reason that she has made mistakes on this case in chapter ten?
(a) She has become too involved.
(b) She is taking a new drug.
(c) She has been worried about Lucy.
(d) She is exhausted.

14. What does Spiro say is the reason that some people kill?
(a) To cleans themselves.
(b) To feel alive.
(c) Because they are wackos.
(d) They enjoy it.

15. What does Scarpetta say her father died from?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Lukemia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarpetta say when Lucy says her mother sleeps with her boyfriends in the house all the time?

2. How did the killer get up to Henna's window?

3. What does Scarpetta's mother call to say?

4. Where is a large percentage of the world's borax mined at?

5. Who does Marino say is a suspect for Henna's killing?

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