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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 hasn't Benton used at his home?

2. What should morgues not have?

3. What kind of vehicle does Suzanne Paulsson drive?

4. What is the prescription that Pogue needs to have filled?

5. Who is the shy red headed man Scarpetta thinks of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In chapter thirty-five how does Pogue describe the eye?

5. Why does Scarpetta not advise Rudy what to do about calling the police about the bomb?

6. What does Scarpetta speculate may be going on when they find all the old remains that Pogue has hidden?

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

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

9. What change does Lucy notice in Henri in chapter fifty-six?

10. In chapter thirty-one what happens in the convenience store where Pogue goes to buy an orange drink like he had when he was a kid.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. Paulsson talked about the dog Sweetie.

Part 1) What was significant about Mrs. Paulsson's explanation about the non existent dog?

Part 2) Why does Mrs. Paulsson continue to cling to the idea of a dog even after she is told that they know there never was a dog?

Part 3) Could there have been a pet other than a dog introduced or was the fact that the mythical pet was a dog important? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Marino inadvertently gets pulled into Mrs. Paulsson's scam and she almost accuses him of raping her.

Part 1) What does this say about Mrs. Paulsson's personality? What does it say about Marino's personality that he was so easily pulled into Mrs. Paulsson's trap?

Part 2) What does it convey to the reader that Scarpetta was so eager to go and confront Mrs. Paulsson after Marino's attack?

Part 3) Is it understandable that Mrs. Paulsson was so eager to drop her accusations after Scarpetta confronted her? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is used at several different intervals in the story.

Part 1) Pick out three major instances of foreshadowing and explain what they allude to.

Part 2) How would the story have been different without these instances of foreshadowing?

Part 3) Is it possible to write a story with NO foreshadowing in place? Explain.

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