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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Marino say the bathroom window had been unlocked in Lori Peterson's house?

2. Why does Marino say that there should have been footprints found in Lori Peterson's bathroom where the killer apparently entered?

3. Why does Boltz say he didn't warn Scarpetta about the meeting?

4. What does Bill do when Lucy cuts her knuckles on the cheese grater?

5. Who is Scarpetta continually thinking about while talking to Betty?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene in chapter five when Marino becomes upset with Kay and Benton just before he storms out of the room.

2. What does Marino find out about the rape charges that Matt Peterson had been brought up on when he was younger?

3. In chapter five what does Benton say about the killer?

4. What does Scarpetta explain in chapter one that she suspects about the killer, Mr. Nobody, that they are looking for?

5. What does Scarpetta say about Bertha and their work relationship?

6. Describe the scene outside when Scarpetta leaves the crime scene.

7. Describe what Scarpetta recalls happening when Amburgey had visited the morgue for the first time.

8. What do Betty and Scarpetta talk about in chapter six?

9. What does Scarpetta say has happened in the city since the newspaper reporters began covering the murders?

10. Describe what the crime scene in Lori Peterson's house looks like.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Explain the impact that it has on the reader to learn that the killer is picking women by the voices rather than by seeing them or meeting them. Is it significant that these women are picked to be murdered after calling 911?

Part 2) What is the point of giving the killer an odd body odor?

Part 3) Which of the pieces of evidence seemed to give the greatest help to the investigators in the story? Explain your answer. Could this piece have been enough without the others?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Describe Bill Boltz. How does it change the reader's view of Bill when it is learned that he raped Abby?

Part 2) Speculate on whether or not Abby was lying.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Does Scarpetta feel regret for the murderer's death? Explain her reactions.

Part 2) Speculate on how Scarpetta would have reacted had it been her that had killed the murderer rather than Marino.

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