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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scarpetta find on her computer after Susan has gone there to lie down?
(a) Incriminating pictures.
(b) Drugs.
(c) A file she did not create.
(d) A resignation letter.

2. What do Scarpetta and Lucy decorate?
(a) A Christmas tree.
(b) Christmas cookies.
(c) Gingerbread houses.
(d) Her new office.

3. Who does Scarpetta realize has been the only person, other than herself, alone in her office?
(a) Marino.
(b) Her secretary.
(c) Susan.
(d) Lucy.

4. Where is Jennifer's body found?
(a) In her garage.
(b) In her dumpster.
(c) In her kitchen.
(d) In her backyard.

5. What was Jennifer's relationship like with her ex-husband?
(a) Vindictive.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Cold.
(d) Friendly.

6. What has Scarpetta bought Susan as a Christmas gift?
(a) A new car.
(b) A leather jacket.
(c) A sweater from Belize.
(d) A scarf.

7. Who tells Scarpetta that the police were able to lift several fingerprints from the scene where Jennifer's body was found?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Powers.
(c) Marino.
(d) No one.

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

9. Where was Eddie Heath's body found?
(a) Behind a post office.
(b) Behind a hospital.
(c) Behind Scarpetta's house.
(d) Behind a grocery store.

10. Where has Susan Stone been murdered?
(a) In her office.
(b) In her home.
(c) In her car.
(d) In the park.

11. Who initially helps Scarpetta with Jennifer's autopsy?
(a) Marino.
(b) Ben.
(c) Benton.
(d) Susan.

12. What does Lucy do to pass the time when Scarpetta is at work?
(a) Goes to the gym.
(b) Hangs out at the library.
(c) Goes shopping.
(d) Swims in her pool.

13. Why does Scarpetta decide to stop at Susan's house on her way to a party?
(a) Scarpetta wants to tell her Susan is fired.
(b) Scarpetta is taking homemade chicken soup to Susan.
(c) Scarpetta to drop off Susan's belongings from the lab.
(d) Scarpetta wants to give Susan a gift.

14. Who informs Susan's family that she has been murdered?
(a) Lucy and Marino.
(b) Lucy and Scarpetta.
(c) Marino and Scarpetta.
(d) Officer James Powers.

15. What does Susan break during Eddie Heath's autopsy?
(a) Glass jars of formaldehyde.
(b) Her glasses.
(c) Scarpetta's computer.
(d) Her wrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day does Lucy fly up to see Scarpetta?

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

3. Who tells Scarpetta that Waddell's execution is taking place as planned?

4. Where did Susan tell others she was going to before she was murdered?

5. Who had taped an interview of Scarpetta a few weeks before dying?

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