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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 color is the cup in Lucy's mailbox?
(a) The cup found in Lucy's mailbox is black.
(b) The cup found in Lucy's mailbox is white.
(c) The cup found in Lucy's mailbox is green with an orange lid.
(d) The cup found in Lucy's mailbox is orange with a green lid.

2. What is Marino's nickname for Scarpetta?
(a) Petta.
(b) Doc.
(c) Scar face.
(d) Kay Kay.

3. What kind of doctor is Dr. Stanley Philpott?
(a) A dentist.
(b) A chiropracter.
(c) A podiatrist.
(d) A general practitioner.

4. What does Scarpetta drink in bed?
(a) A bottle of root beer.
(b) A mug of beer.
(c) A mug of hot tea.
(d) A glass of wine.

5. What is the prescription that Pogue needs to have filled?
(a) Lithium.
(b) Valium.
(c) Clariton.
(d) Prednisone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dr. Philpott remember Dr. Scarpetta?

2. Pogue believes Dr. Philpott ran out of what on purpose?

3. What kind of knocker do the Paulsson's have?

4. Who owns the house behind the Paulsson home?

5. How does Pogue refer to the chlorine bomb?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lucy talking to the other helicopter pilot about in Dr. Paulsson's waiting room?

2. What happens in chapter thirty-four when Scarpetta calls Benton?

3. What does Scarpetta speculate may be going on when they find all the old remains that Pogue has hidden?

4. What is Marino thinking about in chapter fifty-five while he is in the tobacco shop?

5. What information is Dr. Paulsson able to give Lucy about Gilly?

6. How does Benton describe Henri in chapter forty-five?

7. What does Rudy call Scarpetta to tell her in chapter forty-two?

8. What does Lucy do to imply that she is nervous and shy when she first walks into Dr. Paulsson's office in chapter forty-five?

9. Describe what happens when Scarpetta first arrives at Mrs. Paulsson's home in the beginning of chapter thirty-one when Scarpetta goes to confront Mrs. Paulsson about the attack on Marino.

10. What does Dr. Philpott tell Scarpetta about Pogue.

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