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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 relative does Moore live with?

2. What is Moore's first name?

3. Who says, "That's one gutsy girl."?

4. What is the name of the institution where Kreizler takes Moore to interview a man who killed his neighbor's daughter for no apparent reason.

5. With what tool does Lucius believe the killer mutilated the brother and sister he killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Moore see when he arrives at the Williamsburg Bridge on March 3, 1896?

2. Why is the team quickly smuggled out the back of Castle Garden?

3. Why does Kreizler withhold his goal from the Isaacsons when he asks them to examine the bodies of a brother and sister?

4. Why does Moore go to Paresis Hall in Chapter 11?

5. What do the Isaacsons tell Moore and Kreizler about the murders of a brother and sister after examining their bodies?

6. What does Joseph tell Moore and Marcus about the second murdered boy prostitute?

7. What does Biff tell Moore when he visits Paresis Hall in Chapter 11?

8. Why does Kreizler want Moore to meet him at Bellevue the day after they find the first body?

9. What similar murder to the murder of the boy prostitute does Kreizler bring up in Chapter 6?

10. What theories does the team develop about the killer's childhood and history, based on the evidence they have found?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the revelation that Kreizler was abused as a child. Why do you think the author chose to make this character a victim of domestic abuse? What point might he be trying to make?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the fact that powerful men in the city are trying to scare the team off of the murder case. Who are the men that have been trying to put a stop to the investigation? What lengths have they gone to to try to scare Kreizler and Moore off of the case? What are there reasons for doing this? What do you think the author is trying to say about the city during this time period through the powerful men?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the use of socioeconomic statuses and racial tensions in the novel. Where do you see class differences? Why are the distinctions important to the story? How are immigrants treated in the story? What about Native Americans? What do you think the author might be trying to say about the societal issues at the time when the story takes place?

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