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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. Who is Scarpetta thinking about in the beginning of chapter six as a person that might be responsible for breaking into the computer system to look for Lori Peterson's information?

2. How long does Scarpetta have to wait in the lobby before Amburgey calls her into his office?

3. What does the laser find of Peterson's body?

4. What does Neils Vander say about the laser machine and himself in chapter two?

5. What play does Marino say Mr. Peterson is involved in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Scarpetta told happened to their computer system in chapter five?

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

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

4. In chapter one what does Scarpetta note about the victims?

5. What does Scarpetta note about Marino and his thoughts on suspects for Lori Peterson's killer.

6. What does Scarpetta write about Lori Peterson in the end of chapter two in regards to her health?

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

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

9. 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?

10. Describe the differences that Scarpetta talks about between her and the previous medical examiner, Cagney.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Explain why it is that these murders would be viewed differently than if a homeless person or someone of low reputation was murdered.

Part 2) Does this seem to be a realities public reaction? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) What is known about the killer psychologically? Is there any indication that he would have stopped killing?

Part 2) What did the author achieve by killing this character off rather than letting him be questioned?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Explain the relationship that Lucy and Scarpetta have.

Part 2) What does Lucy represent for Scarpetta? What does Scarpetta represent for Lucy?

Part 3) What is significant in Lucy's statement at the end of the story that Scarpetta is sounding just like Scarpetta's mother?

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