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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 is the black family murdered that Cross goes to investigate?
(a) Langley Terrace.
(b) Langley Heights.
(c) Langley Central.
(d) Langley Place.

2. How long does Soneji think the anesthetic will keep the children unconscious?
(a) Twelve hours.
(b) Nine hours.
(c) Ten hours.
(d) Eleven hours.

3. Who does Jezzie speak to at the school before coming to speak with Cross?
(a) The principal.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The secretary.
(d) The security guard.

4. What position does Jezzie Flanagan hold?
(a) Driver.
(b) Desk secretary.
(c) Supervisor.
(d) Agent.

5. Whose house does Gary go to when he sneaks out of his house and returns to Washington, D.C.?
(a) Vivian Kwang.
(b) Vivian Kurtola.
(c) Vivian Kim.
(d) Vivian Karlotta.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who teaches Maggie and Michael's history class?

2. What does Cross want before he hands over the ransom?

3. When Gary returns to his home in Delaware, how old is his daughter turning?

4. What does Soneji watch before he leaves the children in their box?

5. What, of Maggie's, was found with Vivian's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author show the importance of Jezzie Flanagan?

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

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

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

5. What is one reason that Gary is trying to show, while he is in prison, that he has multiple personalities?

6. Why does Cross find himself sympathizing with the Dunnes?

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

8. What does Jezzie's position as a supervisor in the Secret Service suggest about her?

9. What is the difference between what the trial of the Lindbergh kidnapping centered on and what the story at the beginning of the book centers on?

10. What does Cross find when he arrives, the first time, to interview Soneji at Lorton Federal Prison in Virginia?

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