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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 use to park at the building?

2. What are Dr. Marcus' motives toward Dr. Scarpetta?

3. Who does Lucy request when calling the police?

4. What does Lucy leave in Kate's mailbox?

5. What does Scarpetta do at the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lucy and Frank Marino's relationship.

2. In chapter thirty when Scarpetta tells Marino to tell her all about what happened with Mrs. Paulsson, what are the reasons that makes Marino considers lying?

3. What does Lucy fabricate for her neighbor Kate?

4. Why is Bailey doing the funeral home a favor by tying off the carotid during autopsy?

5. Describe the events that happen at Mrs. Paulsson's house as Marino describes them to Scarpetta.

6. In chapter twenty-eight what does Scarpetta learn about the death of Ted Whitby?

7. What does Marino and Scarpetta find in Gilly Paulsson's dresser?

8. Describe the treasured items that Edgar Allen Pogue moved with.

9. How does the visit go when Lucy goes to see her next door neighbor?

10. Where does Lucy plant listening devices in Kate's home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a lot of colors and images used in the story to grab the reader's attention.

Part 1) Speculate on the reasons that the author chose the red, white and blue for the paint chips.

Part 2) What other colors could have been used in their place? Explain.

Part 3) What was significant about the fact that Lucy's mansion was pink?

Essay Topic 2

The role of women and men in the story aren't always shown in typical ways in the story, such as Scarpetta and Lucy both having what could be thought of as jobs for men.

Part 1) In what other ways are gender issues shown or challeneged in the story?

Part 2) What other issues come up in the story although they don't necessarily pertain to the story? Explain how they are shown.

Essay Topic 3

Pogue calls Lucy a spoiled brat and blames her for his disability.

Part 1) Is there any indication that Lucy is truly to blame for Pogue's disability?

Part 2) Would Pogue have been able to forgive Lucy if she had apologized so long ago?

Part 3) Why was Pogue willing to blame Lucy but not Scarpetta?

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