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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. What does Scarpetta say she sometimes think that profilers are?

2. What was used to tie up Lori Peterson's hands?

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

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

5. What does Scarpetta suggest may be the reason that the knife was used by killer?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. In chapter two what does Scarpetta note about Lori Peterson's injuries?

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

4. What does Scarpetta know about the glittery substance found on the bodies?

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

6. What does Matt Peterson tell the police about his wife during the questioning in chapter four?

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

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

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

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

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) In what ways does Scarpetta compare to her predecessor, Cagney?

Part 2) Is it possible that much of what she feels, in regards to the way she is viewed compared to Cagney, is only psychological? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Compare Scarpetta and Marino. What do these characters have in common? What is different about them?

Part 2) How does Scarpetta feel about Marino at the end of the book compared to the beginning.

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