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

2. What does Scarpetta realize about her gun after the killer is dead?
(a) It had misfired.
(b) It wasn't loaded.
(c) The bullets were the wrong size.
(d) She hated the gun.

3. Why does Marino suggest that Bill Boltz wife would take her own life?
(a) To punish Bill.
(b) She found out about an affair.
(c) Because she had an overdue library book.
(d) She found out he was murdering women.

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

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucy tell Scarpetta to look at to see if the computer information has been changed?

2. Who does Lucy says let her shoot a gun?

3. Who does Scarpetta call to ask about the old backed up data?

4. What does Marino say is the reason he asked Scarpetta about Boltz and if he had ever raped her?

5. Who comes in as Scarpetta is holding the killer at gun point?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the beginning of chapter fourteen how does Scarpetta describe her sleep?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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