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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 is the prescription that Pogue needs to have filled?

2. What nationality is Lucy's father?

3. What cause Pogue's disability?

4. What kind of vehicle does Suzanne Paulsson drive?

5. Benton tells Kay she has a great sense of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter thirty-one what happens in the convenience store where Pogue goes to buy an orange drink like he had when he was a kid.

2. What does Lucy say to Henri, contradicting what Henri is saying is the reason for the attack?

3. What does Scarpetta find in the abandoned building where she and Pogue used to work in chapter fifty-four?

4. What does Scarpetta begin to gather up and tell Mrs. Paulsson after she is in Mrs. Paulsson's home in chapter thirty-one?

5. Describe what Henri admits to remembering from the attack from Pogue?

6. What does Pogue think of Lucy's neighbor as he is going to check Lucy's mailbox to make sure the bomb isn't still there?

7. What does Mrs. Paulson tell Marino and Scarpetta about the man living next door, Pogue, in chapter forty-three?

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

9. What does Scarpetta answer when Marino asks what if Mrs. Paulsson has aids?

10. What does Scarpetta tell Marino in chapter thirty-three when he asks if she is sure that Mrs. Paulsson won't call the cops?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marino inadvertently gets pulled into Mrs. Paulsson's scam and she almost accuses him of raping her.

Part 1) What does this say about Mrs. Paulsson's personality? What does it say about Marino's personality that he was so easily pulled into Mrs. Paulsson's trap?

Part 2) What does it convey to the reader that Scarpetta was so eager to go and confront Mrs. Paulsson after Marino's attack?

Part 3) Is it understandable that Mrs. Paulsson was so eager to drop her accusations after Scarpetta confronted her? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Is this story believable? Explain.

Part 2) Does a story being believable make it more enjoyable? Explain why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

Pogue calls Lucy a spoiled brat and blames her for his disability.

Part 1) Is there any indication that Lucy is truly to blame for Pogue's disability?

Part 2) Would Pogue have been able to forgive Lucy if she had apologized so long ago?

Part 3) Why was Pogue willing to blame Lucy but not Scarpetta?

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