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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 tell Scarpetta to hurt her while they are fighting at the table?

2. What does Scarpetta say when Lucy says her mother sleeps with her boyfriends in the house all the time?

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

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 was the killer doing in Boston years earlier when similar murders had happened there?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What do Lucy and Scarpetta talk about at the kitchen table in chapter nine?

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

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

9. Describe what happens while Scarpetta is listening to the 911 tapes that Marino let her take home.

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

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) 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?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) What did the borax represent in the story?

Part 2) The gun was viewed different for Scarpetta compared to Lucy. Explain why these two characters seemed to view the gun so differently.

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