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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 she should stop doing?
(a) Eating so much.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Working.
(d) Smoking.

2. What does Wingo say he gathered for evidence from Amburgey?
(a) Used toilet paper.
(b) Cigarette butt.
(c) Bottled water.
(d) Hair brush.

3. What does Scarpetta admit to Dr. Spiro Fortosis in chapter twelve?
(a) She wants to kill Marino.
(b) She is thinking of quiting.
(c) She believes Bill Boltz to be the murderer.
(d) She had met Lori Peterson once before Peterson was murdered.

4. What does Scarpetta find when she calls Bill Boltz's office?
(a) He is home sick.
(b) He has gone out to lunch with Amburgey.
(c) He has gone on vacation.
(d) He has asked that Scarpetta not call him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marino say when he hands the tapes to Scarpetta in chapter fifteen?

2. What does Lucy say as Scarpetta puts her to bed in chapter nine?

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

4. What does Scarpetta imagine that the killer has done after reading the newspaper?

5. What is the killer wearing over his face in chapter sixteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Abby say in chapter eleven is the reason that she hates Bill Boltz.

2. Describe the phone conversation that occurs with Cecile's family in chapter fourteen.

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

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

5. What does Scarpetta and Boltz discuss over dinner in chapter ten?

6. What does Abby Turnbull say happened to her that the police didn't help with?

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

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

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

10. What is Scarpetta told when her mother calls in chapter nine?

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