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Prologue and Chapter 1

1. Who wrote "Cruel and Unusual"?
(a) J. K. Rowling.
(b) Patricia Higginson.
(c) Patricia Cornwell.
(d) Anonymous.

2. "Cruel and Unusual" is which number in the Scarpetta series?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Third.
(c) First.
(d) Fourth.

3. Who is Dr. Kay Scarpetta?
(a) A nurse with a PhD.
(b) The medical examiner.
(c) A microbiologist .
(d) Just a regular doctor.

4. In what city does Dr. Scarpetta work?
(a) Richmond, Virginia.
(b) Somewhere in Georgia.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Richmond, Canada.

5. When the novel first opens, who is Scarpetta waiting for in the morgue?
(a) Her assistant, Susan.
(b) Pete Marino.
(c) Television reporters.
(d) Ronnie Joe Waddell.

6. Where is Ronnie Joe Waddell executed?
(a) In a bar.
(b) At a prison.
(c) Accidentally in the morgue.
(d) In someone's backyard.

7. Who tells Scarpetta that Waddell's execution is taking place as planned?
(a) Pete Marino.
(b) No one.
(c) Waddell himself.
(d) Ben Stevens.

8. What does Scarpetta notice immediately about Waddell's body?
(a) He is still alive.
(b) He has a beard.
(c) It is very bloody.
(d) Someone has broken his legs.

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