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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. What does Lucy tell Scarpetta to look at to see if the computer information has been changed?
(a) Look in a skeleton file.
(b) Old back up data.
(c) Ask the other people in the office.
(d) Take the computer to the cops.

2. What does Marino tell Scarpetta to do in chapter twelve if she happens to hear from Boltz?
(a) To get him to talk about the case.
(b) To ask him out to dinner Friday night.
(c) To let him and only him have the case info.
(d) Not to take his call or talk to him.

3. Lucy keeps telling Scarpetta that it will be nice when what happens in chapter ten?
(a) When a new computer game comes out.
(b) When Bill and Scarpetta get married.
(c) When the killer is caught.
(d) When she can come and stay with Scarpetta again.

4. Where is a large percentage of the world's borax mined at?
(a) Ozark Mountains.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Death Valley.
(d) Canada.

5. What does Scarpetta hear when she answers the phone in chapter ten?
(a) A child laughing.
(b) A train.
(c) Someone singing.
(d) Distant people reciting lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young woman who was hit by the car have in her wallet?

2. Who does Scarpetta call in the end of chapter fourteen to ask about the nude pantyhose information?

3. What does Lucy change the password to in chapter fourteen?

4. What does Scarpetta tell Wingo is the reason that the killer continues to hurt women?

5. What had Marino not told Scarpetta when she played the 911 tape for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter twelve what does Marino and Scarpetta talk about while they are out driving to where Henna was killed?

2. Describe the scene at home in chapter fourteen when Scarpetta arrives home to Lucy.

3. What is Abby able to tell Scarpetta and Marino about Henna in chapter eleven?

4. Describe the changes that Scarpetta is noticing and what she is thinking about as she drives home in the beginning of chapter nine.

5. What does Marino come in with in chapter thirteen?

6. What do Lucy and Scarpetta talk about at the kitchen table in chapter nine?

7. What does Spiro suggest to Scarpetta in chapter twelve regarding the murder of Henna?

8. When Scarpetta is talking to Wingo in chapter sixteen what does Wingo explain that he has discover?

9. Explain what is discovered about the killer by the end of the book.

10. What does Lucy think about in regards to Lucy's IQ in chapter fourteen?

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