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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 kind of brain tumor does Jannie have?

2. What is the name of the bank hit in the third robbery?

3. What is different about the third robbery?

4. Where does Cross live?

5. What kind of pets did the person who shot himself have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many people are initially thought to have been killed in the Citibank robbery? How many were really killed by Errol Parker?

2. What is the No. 1 recommendation of the American Society for Industrial Safety in the event of a robbery? How does the author bring this fact up?

3. The author quotes an old saying, "Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm." What does he mean by that?

4. What does Cross tease Nana Mama about when wakes up early the morning after finding the Parkers dead? How does she respond?

5. Are the Mastermind's motives easy to distinguish? What does he do that is different from most professional robbers?

6. From whom do the banks in the book generally receive hate mail? What does Cross do to investigate hate mail related to the robberies?

7. Does Kyle Craig like parties? How does the author indicate this?

8. Why does Brianne feel confident and in control of the situation at Citibank?

9. Why is Cross confused when he describes the case to Kyle Craig? How does Craig explain what Cross is confused about?

10. As Cross and Sampson are running after Montgomery, Cross keeps saying that he is a fast runner in his mind. Is he serious? Why does he say that?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what Christine's flower garden represents, using evidence from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the various conflicts between the different law-enforcement groups throughout the novel. What are the various causes of these conflicts? How are they approached and resolved, if at all?

Essay Topic 3

What is the general attitude of the people who work at MetroHartford? What evidence is there to support this attitude? How might it have attracted the Mastermind to want to kidnap them?

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