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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 Rudy find in Lucy's mailbox?

2. What type of airplane brings Lucy to Aspen?

3. What kind of metal is in the dust found at the Witby and Paulsson's crimes?

4. Who waits on Pogue at the Pawn Shop?

5. Where did Whitby live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scarpetta answer when Marino asks what if Mrs. Paulsson has aids?

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

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

4. What does Lucy say to Henri, contradicting what Henri is saying is the reason for the attack?

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

6. What does Scarpetta find in the abandoned building where she and Pogue used to work in chapter fifty-four?

7. Describe the scene in chapter fifty-seven when Pogue goes into buy the Cuban cigars.

8. Describe what Henri admits to remembering from the attack from Pogue?

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

10. In chapter fifty-one what events does Pogue recall that started his hatred for Lucy.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Is this story believable? Explain.

Part 2) Does a story being believable make it more enjoyable? Explain why or why not.

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

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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