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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 Marino tell Scarpetta to do in chapter twelve if she happens to hear from Boltz?
(a) To ask him out to dinner Friday night.
(b) To let him and only him have the case info.
(c) Not to take his call or talk to him.
(d) To get him to talk about the case.

2. What does Scarpetta say is the reason that the killer would want to get inside of her mind in the beginning of chapter thirteen?
(a) She was going to be his next victim.
(b) She had fabulously flowing hair.
(c) She was his link to his vicitims.
(d) She was getting too close to him.

3. What does Wingo say he gathered for evidence from Amburgey?
(a) Cigarette butt.
(b) Bottled water.
(c) Hair brush.
(d) Used toilet paper.

4. How did the killer get up to Henna's window?
(a) The elevator.
(b) Rusty fire escape ladder.
(c) She lived on the first floor.
(d) Standing on a trash can.

5. What does Spiro tell Scarpetta to let the men in her world know?
(a) That she isn't to blame.
(b) That she won't go down alone.
(c) That she has teeth.
(d) That she will be quiet if they let her alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marino suggest when the extra evidence is found unlabeled in the lab refrigerator at the ME's office?

2. Where is a large percentage of the world's borax mined at?

3. Who does Marino say is a suspect for Henna's killing?

4. What does Scarpetta realize about her gun after the killer is dead?

5. What does Marino say when he hands the tapes to Scarpetta in chapter fifteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scarpetta tell Abby is the real reason that she has asked Abby to come to talk to her at the ME's office in chapter thirteen?

2. What happens in chapter fourteen when Scarpetta arrives for work?

3. In the end of chapter fifteen what is Scarpetta dreaming about?

4. What is Scarpetta told when her mother calls in chapter nine?

5. What does Scarpetta and Lucy decide to do in the end of chapter sixteen?

6. Describe the phone conversation that takes place between Scarpetta and Abby Turnbull in the end of chapter fourteen.

7. Explain what is discovered about the killer by the end of the book.

8. What does Scarpetta tell Abby about her sister's death in chapter thirteen?

9. What does Abby say in chapter eleven is the reason that she hates Bill Boltz.

10. What is revealed about Scarpetta's childhood in chapter nine?

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