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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 find on the kitchen table?

2. What kind of phobia does Dr. Marcus have?

3. Where did the neighbor see Henri the morning of the attack?

4. What do they find in Gilly's drawers?

5. What is the purpose in Marino calling Lucy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of Guts Man?

2. Describe what the Decomposed Room looks like.

3. When Mrs. Paulsson goes to see Scarpetta in chapter 25, what does Mrs. Paulsson say about Gilly's body and Mrs. Paulsson's ex-husband?

4. What does Lucy find out about Dr. Joel Marcus?

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

6. Describe Dr. Marcus' behavior on Monday and Thursdays' of every week.

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

8. While interviewing Mrs. Paulsson, what does Dr. Scarpetta learn about Dr. Paulsson?

9. What does Scarpetta go to Dr. Marcus' office to complain about?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The hairy eyeball is seen often in the story.

Part 1) What does the hairy eyeball convey to the reader?

Part 2) What other symbols are seen in the story?

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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