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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After seeing Eddie Health, what kind of research on the computer does Scarpetta order?
(a) Cases of excised skin.
(b) None of these answers is correct.
(c) Cases that include bite marks.
(d) Cases of excised skin and cases that include bite marks.

3. How does Nicholas Grueman usually make Scarpetta feel?
(a) Like she is young and beautiful again.
(b) Like she is drunk.
(c) Like she is the smartest person in the room.
(d) Like she is back in law school.

4. What does Scarpetta conclude after examining the electric chair at the prison?
(a) Someone has set it up to explode next time it is used.
(b) It was malfunctioning.
(c) It was not the source of the marks on Waddell's arms.
(d) It was the source of the marks on Waddell's arms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie Health die from?

2. What is Susan Story's job?

3. What does Grueman question about Scarpetta's autopsy of Waddell?

4. Where does Scarpetta find an envelope on Waddell's body?

5. "Cruel and Unusual" is which number in the Scarpetta series?

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