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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 Rudy find in Lucy's mailbox?

2. What does Scarpetta find on Mrs. Paulsson's sheets?

3. What is the foreman's name?

4. Benton tells Kay he has been eating what?

5. How does Mrs. Paulsson refer to Dr. Paulsson?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Why does Scarpetta not advise Rudy what to do about calling the police about the bomb?

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

5. What is the salesman in the tobacco shop able to tell Marino?

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

7. What change does Lucy notice in Henri in chapter fifty-six?

8. Describe the scene in chapter fifty-seven when Pogue goes into buy the Cuban cigars.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is used at several different intervals in the story.

Part 1) Pick out three major instances of foreshadowing and explain what they allude to.

Part 2) How would the story have been different without these instances of foreshadowing?

Part 3) Is it possible to write a story with NO foreshadowing in place? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

It is said in the story that Henri is narcissistic.

Part 1) Pick three other characters in the book and explain in what ways they show, at least, moments of narcissism. Give examples of their narcissism.

Part 2) Could it be that Marino was being narcissistic to some extent when he didn't want to show Scarpetta his wounds? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Paulsson and Rudy both are seen very little in the story although they have a large impact on the other characters in the book.

Part 1) Speculate on why the author chose to limit these two character's role in the story.

Part 2) What was accomplished by having Rudy be the one that connected the finger prints at both Lucy's home and the Paulsson murder?

Part 3) Describe the effect that seeing Dr. Paulsson has on the story.

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