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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 do Scarpetta and Benton say that the women had in common in chapter fifteen after Scarpetta explains about her conversation with Cecile's family?
(a) Their voices.
(b) Past athletic injuries.
(c) They are all color blind.
(d) Donating to Good Will.

2. What does Lucy tell Scarpetta to hurt her while they are fighting at the table?
(a) I wish you were dead.
(b) I hate you.
(c) I crapped in your bed.
(d) I want to go home.

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

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

5. In the beginning of chapter nine what does Scarpetta say she is sure has something to do with the missing link between the women?
(a) Their random attributes.
(b) Their looks.
(c) The mysterious sparkling residue found on the women.
(d) Their jobs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Spiro tell Scarpetta that the killer may not have realized when he killed Henna?

3. What does Marino ask Scarpetta that makes her angry in chapter twelve?

4. What does Marino suggest when the extra evidence is found unlabeled in the lab refrigerator at the ME's office?

5. What does the victim, Henna Yarborough, do for a living as described in chapter eleven?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens in chapter fourteen when Scarpetta arrives for work?

3. What is revealed about Scarpetta's childhood in chapter nine?

4. Describe the phone conversation that takes place between Scarpetta and Abby Turnbull in the end of chapter fourteen.

5. Describe the results of the testing done by Scarpetta and Vander in chapter ten with the pink soap.

6. In chapter twelve what does Spiro tell Scarpetta about the killer?

7. What does Scarpetta tell Abby about her sister's death in chapter thirteen?

8. What does Scarpetta tell Abby is the real reason that she has asked Abby to come to talk to her at the ME's office in chapter thirteen?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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