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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 find in Susan's office after her death?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Nothing that she is looking for.
(c) A secret letter.
(d) A lot of money that shouldn't be there.

2. Scarpetta consults a bird expert who works for ______________.
(a) The museum of natural history.
(b) A local university.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The library in town.

3. Police want to look at Scarpetta's ___________.
(a) Email records.
(b) Research records.
(c) Financial records.
(d) Musical records.

4. According to the bird expert, what are the mysterious feathers?
(a) Flamingo feathers.
(b) Peacock feathers.
(c) Penguin feathers.
(d) Elder down.

5. What chemical does Scarpetta use to look for evidence in the dark?
(a) Dioxide.
(b) Bleach.
(c) Clorox.
(d) Luminol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarpetta search Susan's office for after Susan's death?

2. Who does Benton recommend for Scarpetta to hire as a lawyer?

3. On what condition will Jennifer's husband speak to Scarpetta?

4. What do the newspapers suggest about Scarpetta and Susan in the days after Susan's death?

5. What does Scarpetta use to block the light from coming into Robyn's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Benton not believe that Waddell would be capable of the recent murders?

2. What does Susan's husband tell the newspapers about Scarpetta?

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

4. Why do Benton and Scarpetta rearrange the furniture in Robyn's old house?

5. What does Scarpetta accuse Ben of during the confrontation in Ben's office?

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

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

8. Why does Scarpetta find the request to see her guns ridiculous?

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

10. How does the press know about Scarpetta's meeting with the governor?

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