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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of doctor was Lori studying to be?

2. What does Scarpetta note when Betty is talking about the other women that were murdered prior to Lori Peterson?

3. What is on Mr. Peterson's disks regarding his literary dissertations.

4. What was Brenda Steppe cooking before she was killed?

5. What does Marino say as Scarpetta gets into her car to leave the Peterson's home in chapter one?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scarpetta know about the glittery substance found on the bodies?

2. Who does Scarpetta say would have had access to the information about the murders?

3. What do Betty and Scarpetta talk about in chapter six?

4. Describe what the crime scene in Lori Peterson's house looks like.

5. What information can Frank give Scarpetta in chapter six?

6. Describe what Scarpetta is thinking about her sister while in the kitchen with Lucy in chapter seven?

7. What does Marino tell Scarpetta in chapter eight about what Tanner has told him?

8. What is Scarpetta told while in Amburgey's office in chapter six?

9. What is Scarpetta told happened to their computer system in chapter five?

10. Describe the differences that Scarpetta talks about between her and the previous medical examiner, Cagney.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Explain the impact that it has on the reader to learn that the killer is picking women by the voices rather than by seeing them or meeting them. Is it significant that these women are picked to be murdered after calling 911?

Part 2) What is the point of giving the killer an odd body odor?

Part 3) Which of the pieces of evidence seemed to give the greatest help to the investigators in the story? Explain your answer. Could this piece have been enough without the others?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) What does it say about Bill that he asked Marino to keep an eye on Scarpetta?

Part 2) Is it possible that Bill will attack another woman, if he was guilty of raping Abby?

Part 3) Is there any indication that Bill will be back in other Scarpetta books? Explain why the author would or would not reuse him.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Does Scarpetta feel regret for the murderer's death? Explain her reactions.

Part 2) Speculate on how Scarpetta would have reacted had it been her that had killed the murderer rather than Marino.

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