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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 are Dr. Marcus' motives toward Dr. Scarpetta?
(a) To make Dr. Scarpetta admire him.
(b) To make Dr.Scarpetta fall in love with him.
(c) To make Dr. Scarpetta act differently.
(d) To make Dr. Scarpetta look bad.

2. How old was Lucy when she met Marino?
(a) Twelve years old.
(b) Ten years old.
(c) Ten minutes old.
(d) Twenty years old.

3. How old was Gilly Paulsson?
(a) Twelve years old.
(b) Sixteen years old.
(c) Fourteen years old.
(d) Twenty four years old.

4. What does Scarpetta do at the hotel?
(a) She tucks Marino in bed.
(b) She yells loudly at Marino for being a jerk.
(c) She runs Marino a bath.
(d) She orders Marino some food.

5. Where does Edgar Allan Pogue live?
(a) Hollywood, California.
(b) Richmond, Virginia.
(c) Aspen, Colorado.
(d) Hollywood, Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Marino eat at the FOP lounge?

2. Who is assigned to the Theodore Whitby autopsy?

3. How does Mrs Paulsson believe her daughter died?

4. Where does Dr. Scarpetta live?

5. What is the purpose in Marino calling Lucy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Lucy finds taped to her back door.

2. What are the events that Mrs. Paulsson remembers on the day of Gilly's death?

3. Describe the scene in the end of chapter twenty eight in which Marino is watching Scarpetta finish up gather samples at the scene of the Whitby death.

4. What does Lucy fabricate for her neighbor Kate?

5. Describe Henrietta Walden as viewed by Benton Wesley.

6. Describe the dining and living area of Lucy's Florida home.

7. Describe the events that happen at Mrs. Paulsson's house as Marino describes them to Scarpetta.

8. Describe Dr. Marcus' behavior on Monday and Thursdays' of every week.

9. What does Scarpetta go to Dr. Marcus' office to complain about?

10. What does Scarpetta notice about Marino in the beginning of chapter twenty-six that lets her know how hard Marino is taking things?

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