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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Cross and his partner speak with the children at the private school?
(a) In the cafeteria.
(b) In the auditorium.
(c) On the playground.
(d) In the playroom.

2. Vivian's neighbor saw Soneji working as a salesman for what company?
(a) Atlantic Power Company.
(b) Atlantic Phone Company.
(c) Atlantic Heating Company.
(d) Atlantic Cable Company.

3. When does Gary see the cops around his home?
(a) While paying the pizza man.
(b) While visiting the bathroom.
(c) While getting his daughter's presents.
(d) While getting a drink.

4. When Maggie Rose calls out to a stranger who is calling out to her, what does she get?
(a) New clothing.
(b) Beaten.
(c) Food.
(d) Death threats.

5. While Cross is examining Michael's bedroom, he gets a call that says a body has been found where?
(a) In a river.
(b) In a dumpster.
(c) In a landfill.
(d) In a truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who knocks Soneji to the ground and saves his life at the restaurant?

2. What is Cross trying to prove in his interrogation of Murphy?

3. How does Jezzie Flanagan arrive at the private school for the first time?

4. In what location is the story centered?

5. When Cross is loaded onto the private jet, what happens to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Michael and Maggie Rose not like normal children?

2. What does the introduction of the Lindbergh kidnapping at the beginning of the book suggest?

3. What does Soneji think is funny when he drives through the toll booth?

4. What does the dinner date and mild flirtation between Cross and Jezzie suggest?

5. Why is Cross unhappy with his boss in the early part of the story?

6. What has happened to the claims, over the years, that Hauptmann wasn't the real kidnapper in the Lindbergh kidnapping?

7. What do Cross and Sampson find when they first arrive at the private school?

8. Why does Maggie Rose feel she is in the spotlight?

9. What does Cross' research in the kidnapper's apartment suggest?

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

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