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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. How did the killer get up to Henna's window?

2. What does the victim, Henna Yarborough, do for a living as described in chapter eleven?

3. What does Lucy say about Scarpetta having a gun?

4. What is substance is found on the PERK test card when they are checking to see whose finger prints are on it?

5. Who does Scarpetta call in the end of chapter fourteen to ask about the nude pantyhose information?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In chapter twelve what does Spiro tell Scarpetta about the killer?

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

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

5. What happens in chapter fourteen when Scarpetta arrives for work?

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

7. 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?

8. In chapter twelve what does Marino and Scarpetta talk about while they are out driving to where Henna was killed?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss loyalty.

Part 1) Who in the story proves their loyalty by the end of the book. Which of these characters, if any, is this surprising of?

Part 2) Which of the characters in the story lets Scarpetta down in regards to their loyalty? Explain your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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