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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What logo is on the cup Rudy found in Lucy's mailbox?
(a) Route 44.
(b) The Cat in the Hat.
(c) The Jolly Green Giant.
(d) The 7/11 Big Gulp.

2. What type of airplane brings Lucy to Aspen?
(a) A Breechjet.
(b) A Cessna.
(c) A Stealth.
(d) A commercial jet.

3. What is the prescription that Pogue needs to have filled?
(a) Valium.
(b) Prednisone.
(c) Lithium.
(d) Clariton.

4. What do Lucy and Henri do while in Aspen?
(a) They go to the sidewalk sale.
(b) They go swimming at the Y.
(c) They go to a preschool and teach gun safety.
(d) They go for a walk in the snow.

5. What hasn't Benton used at his home?
(a) The back porch.
(b) The shower.
(c) The hottub.
(d) The stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the doctor on Pogue's prescription?

2. What color baseball bat did Pogue carry inside the shop?

3. Who owns the house behind the Paulsson home?

4. What has Edgar Allen Pogue caught?

5. Benton tells Kay he has been eating what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Pogue and Mrs. Arnette discuss before he killed her as Pogue recalls in chapter fifty-one?

2. Describe what happens in chapter thirty-six when Rudy goes to Lucy's house.

3. What happens in chapter thirty-four when Scarpetta calls Benton?

4. Describe the bomb that was left in Lucy's mailbox.

5. What does Mrs. Paulson tell Marino and Scarpetta about the man living next door, Pogue, in chapter forty-three?

6. What does Scarpetta begin to gather up and tell Mrs. Paulsson after she is in Mrs. Paulsson's home in chapter thirty-one?

7. What does Pogue think of Lucy's neighbor as he is going to check Lucy's mailbox to make sure the bomb isn't still there?

8. Why does Scarpetta say that Pogue wouldn't have worried about catching the flu from Gilly Paulsson when he broke in to kill her even though Pogue had a disability that would have made the flu deadly to him?

9. What does Rudy call Scarpetta to tell her in chapter forty-two?

10. What is Lucy talking to the other helicopter pilot about in Dr. Paulsson's waiting room?

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