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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 Lucy say is hidden beside the modem in Scarpetta's closet?

2. What does Scarpetta say her father died from?

3. When Scarpetta arrives at her office in chapter twelve what does the note from Amburgey say he expects to have an explanation about?

4. What does Scarpetta tell Lucy while they are sitting on the couch in chapter fourteen?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Abby able to tell Scarpetta and Marino about Henna in chapter eleven?

2. What happens while Wingo is cleaning out the lab refrigerator in chapter nine?

3. Describe the changes that Scarpetta is noticing and what she is thinking about as she drives home in the beginning of chapter nine.

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

5. What is Scarpetta told when her mother calls in chapter nine?

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

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

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

9. What does Scarpetta and Boltz discuss over dinner in chapter ten?

10. What does Scarpetta tell Abby is the real reason that she has asked Abby to come to talk to her at the ME's office in chapter thirteen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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) Scarpetta continually compares herself to Lucy when she was younger. What is the purpose of this comparison?

Part 2) Speculate on the reasons that Scarpetta wants to go and see her sister when she takes Lucy home?

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