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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scarpetta smell in Ben's office?
(a) A familiar cologne.
(b) The smell of marijuana.
(c) The smell of alcohol.
(d) The smell of something rotting, like a dead animal.

2. Over what do Benton and Scarpetta discuss their cases during the holidays?
(a) Over the radio.
(b) Over drinks.
(c) Over dinner.
(d) Over hot chocolate.

3. Why was Jennifer Deighton writing to Waddell?
(a) They were penpals.
(b) They were secretly married.
(c) She was his sister.
(d) She was in love with him.

4. Who now lives in Robyn Naismith's house?
(a) No one.
(b) A very old lady who is a bit deaf.
(c) Officer James Powers.
(d) A professor.

5. Where did Grueman keep his belongings?
(a) In a safe in his house.
(b) In a safety deposit box at the bank.
(c) At his parents' farm.
(d) In a secret compartment in his prison cell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was found in the envelope in Susan's home?

2. What does Scarpetta realize about the way Eddie Heath's body is positioned?

3. Initially, who requests to look at Scarpetta's records?

4. What does Scarpetta do to keep herself calm when she is under suspicion?

5. Where does Scarpetta meet Jennifer's ex-husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Scarpetta request that Benton put an article in the paper about the theft of jackets?

2. What helps Scarpetta recognize Sullivan as the same person she saw in Grimes's house?

3. What does Grueman confess about why he was so hard on Scarpetta in law school?

4. What do Benton and Scarpetta find when they darken Robyn's old house?

5. How does Scarpetta know that the killer only had access to crime scene pictures, not the crime scene itself, of Robyn's murder?

6. How does Scarpetta explain away the incriminating evidence found in Susan's home?

7. Once Lucy discovers someone has tapped into AFIS, what is Benton's theory about Waddell's fingerprints?

8. What personal advice does Marino give Scarpetta over lunch once rumors surrounding Susan's death have hit the papers?

9. Why isn't anyone able to get fingerprints from Waddell?

10. What does Scarpetta suspect about the briefcase Jennifer's ex-husband gives her?

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