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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 does Boltz say is top of his list of suspects who hacked into Scarpetta's computer?

2. What does Scarpetta say the morgue smells like?

3. What two magazines does Scarpetta notice on the table in Lori Peterson's home?

4. What was Brenda Steppe cooking before she was killed?

5. What had Lori eaten very close to the time of her death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Scarpetta and Benton say about Marino after he has left the room in chapter five?

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

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

5. Who does Scarpetta say would have had access to the information about the murders?

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

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

8. What information can Frank give Scarpetta in chapter six?

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

10. Describe what Scarpetta is thinking about her sister while in the kitchen with Lucy in chapter seven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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