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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. Why does Lucy say that Bill and Scarpetta want Lucy to leave?

2. What does Spiro tell Scarpetta to let the men in her world know?

3. In the beginning of chapter nine what does Scarpetta say she is sure has something to do with the missing link between the women?

4. What does Scarpetta say is the reason that the killer would want to get inside of her mind in the beginning of chapter thirteen?

5. What does Lucy tell Scarpetta to look at to see if the computer information has been changed?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Lucy think about in regards to Lucy's IQ in chapter fourteen?

9. What does Scarpetta tell Abby about her sister's death in chapter thirteen?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) What is known about the killer psychologically? Is there any indication that he would have stopped killing?

Part 2) What did the author achieve by killing this character off rather than letting him be questioned?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Explain the relationship that Lucy and Scarpetta have.

Part 2) What does Lucy represent for Scarpetta? What does Scarpetta represent for Lucy?

Part 3) What is significant in Lucy's statement at the end of the story that Scarpetta is sounding just like Scarpetta's mother?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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