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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 her father died from?

2. What does Lucy say she would shoot the unloaded gun at?

3. Who calls in the end of chapter nine while Scarpetta and Lucy are sitting at the table?

4. What does Scarpetta tell her mother when her mother asks her about how bad she sounds?

5. What does Lucy say in chapter fourteen when Scarpetta asks her to help find out who broke into the computer at the office?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens in chapter nine after Lucy goes to bed?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. In the end of chapter fifteen what is Scarpetta dreaming about?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) What does it say about Bill that he asked Marino to keep an eye on Scarpetta?

Part 2) Is it possible that Bill will attack another woman, if he was guilty of raping Abby?

Part 3) Is there any indication that Bill will be back in other Scarpetta books? Explain why the author would or would not reuse him.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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