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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 is an autopsy table sloped?

2. What contaminates the service elevator?

3. What piece of evidence does Lucy test for fingerprints on?

4. What did Marino eat at the FOP lounge?

5. What does Lucy do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Henrietta Walden as viewed by Benton Wesley.

3. Describe the evidence that Junius Eise cannot understand?

4. What does Lucy fabricate for her neighbor Kate?

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

6. On the day of Henri's assault, why was Lucy driving the blue Ferrari?

7. Describe Lucy and Frank Marino's relationship.

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

9. What are the events that Mrs. Paulsson remembers on the day of Gilly's death?

10. Describe the scene in the end of chapter twenty eight in which Marino is watching Scarpetta finish up gather samples at the scene of the Whitby death.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lucy and Scarpetta are very different characters.

Part 1) Discuss the major differences in these two characters.

Part 2) What is the different roles that these two characters play?

Part 3) Is it easier to like one of these two characters over the other? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Marino is ashamed to have to explain that he was sexually assaulted by Mrs. Paulsson.

Part 1) Why is it that Marino was so ashamed to show Scarpetta his body?

Part 2) Would Marino have been less ashamed if Scarpetta had been a man or if Marino had not had feelings for Scarpetta.

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Paulsson and Rudy both are seen very little in the story although they have a large impact on the other characters in the book.

Part 1) Speculate on why the author chose to limit these two character's role in the story.

Part 2) What was accomplished by having Rudy be the one that connected the finger prints at both Lucy's home and the Paulsson murder?

Part 3) Describe the effect that seeing Dr. Paulsson has on the story.

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