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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 do the police do during Gary's daughter's birthday party?

2. Who gives Maggie and Michael rides to school?

3. What are the two crimes that Cross wants Gary convicted of?

4. What does Gary owe money to his latest job for?

5. Whose house does Gary go to when he sneaks out of his house and returns to Washington, D.C.?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Cross save Soneji from being shot to death by the sharpshooters?

2. Why does Cross think that the murderer in the Langley Terrace case is the same as Ms. Kim's murderer?

3. Why is it important that Cross knows about Soneji's background?

4. Why is FBI Special Agent Roger Graham important to the story?

5. When Marty tells Gary and Missy that Gary owes Marty's company thousands of dollars, what is Gary thinking about?

6. What happens, on Christmas morning, in the story?

7. What happens when Cross is approached by the man as he exits the tram at Disney World?

8. Why is the first mention of the press important to the story?

9. What causes Jezzie to cry for the first time, while she is at the Maryland farm?

10. Why is Cross drawn to the boy at the murder scene in Langley Terrace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does justice appear as a theme in the story? Is justice served in the end? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Compare the mayor and the press. How are their actions towards Cross similar and different? Does one treat Cross more or less fairly than the other? Use specific examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What is the definition of a hero? Who is the hero in the book? Cite examples from the story to support your answer.

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