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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 Boltz say that Turnbull would be willing to hack into the computer for the files about the murders?

2. What does Scarpetta say she tries to do with cops like Marino in chapter one?

3. What does Scarpetta note about Lori Peterson's organs at the time of death?

4. Who pulls in for dinner while Lucy and Scarpetta are making dinner?

5. What does Mr. Peterson say he smelled when he walked into his house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the scene in chapter two where Scarpetta is alone in the morgue.

4. What does Marino say he used to do for a living in chapter eight and how does that pertain to his view of the killer?

5. Describe what is talked about in chapter six while Scarpetta is in Amburgey's office.

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

7. In chapter four Marino tells Scarpetta about different murderers that he has brought in. Explain what it is he says and how it links to the current investigation.

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

9. What does Bill Boltz say about the reporter Abby Turnbull in chapter seven?

10. What does Marino tell Scarpetta in chapter eight about what Tanner has told him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is it that Scarpetta feels for the victims that she has had to autopsy for this murder? What does it reveal about Scarpetta that she has let it get to her on a personal level? Could part of the reason she has taken these murder's to heart be in part because she is a woman.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss motives.

Part 1) What is the motive behind Amburgey's actions?

Part 2) What is the motive behind Marino's actions?

Part 3) What is the motive behind Wingo's actions?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) What does it say about Bill that he asked Marino to keep an eye on Scarpetta?

Part 2) Is it possible that Bill will attack another woman, if he was guilty of raping Abby?

Part 3) Is there any indication that Bill will be back in other Scarpetta books? Explain why the author would or would not reuse him.

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