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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 is the killer wearing over his face in chapter sixteen?

2. What does Marino and Scarpetta both comment in chapter twelve that the victims all had in common?

3. What does Lucy change the password to in chapter fourteen?

4. What does the young woman who was hit by the car have in her wallet?

5. What does Scarpetta explain may be the reason that she has made mistakes on this case in chapter ten?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marino come in with in chapter thirteen?

2. What does Scarpetta and Lucy decide to do in the end of chapter sixteen?

3. What does Spiro suggest to Scarpetta in chapter twelve regarding the murder of Henna?

4. Describe the results of the testing done by Scarpetta and Vander in chapter ten with the pink soap.

5. Describe the scene at home in chapter fourteen when Scarpetta arrives home to Lucy.

6. Describe the phone conversation that occurs with Cecile's family in chapter fourteen.

7. What does Abby say in chapter eleven is the reason that she hates Bill Boltz.

8. When Scarpetta is talking to Wingo in chapter sixteen what does Wingo explain that he has discover?

9. What is revealed about Scarpetta's childhood in chapter nine?

10. Explain what is discovered about the killer by the end of the book.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Pick one of the following to write about:

1) Speculate on what it was about Matt Peterson that Scarpetta also believed was not adding up. Is there a reason that the author wouldn't have gone back to answer this question?

2) What role does the DNA and forensic evidence play in the story? Could the story have been written and focused much less on this information? Explain.

3) Which of the subplots seen in the story are likely to be looked at again in later books in the series? Explain why these seem significant.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) What is significant about Scarpetta's dreams?

Part 2) In what way does Scarpetta's feelings toward her father tie into the murders and the way that Scarpetta views the murderer? Why does her dead father turn into the murderer in the end of the chapter?

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