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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 does Marino tell Scarpetta to do in chapter twelve if she happens to hear from Boltz?

2. What does Scarpetta's mother call to say?

3. What does Scarpetta tell Wingo is the reason that the killer continues to hurt women?

4. In chapter twelve who does Scarpetta say the person who is going to pay will be while thinking of all the information that is coming from Abby Turnbull?

5. What had Marino not told Scarpetta when she played the 911 tape for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the phone conversation that occurs with Cecile's family in chapter fourteen.

2. What does Abby Turnbull say happened to her that the police didn't help with?

3. In the beginning of chapter fourteen how does Scarpetta describe her sleep?

4. In chapter eleven what does Abby recall about telling her sister to be careful?

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

6. What does Scarpetta and Boltz discuss over dinner in chapter ten?

7. What does Marino come in with in chapter thirteen?

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

9. Describe what happens when the killer breaks into Scarpetta's home?

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

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) Scarpetta continually compares herself to Lucy when she was younger. What is the purpose of this comparison?

Part 2) Speculate on the reasons that Scarpetta wants to go and see her sister when she takes Lucy home?

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