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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 find when they answer a tip about a box buried in the ground?

2. What happens to Maggie and Michael when they are put into the van?

3. What restaurant does Soneji take hostage?

4. When Jezzie cannot sleep because of thoughts of Michael's death, what does she do?

5. How old is Maggie Rose at the beginning of the story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Cross see when he gets to the murder scene in Langley Terrace?

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

5. What is Gary going to use Ms. Kim to do?

6. What can Missy Murphy not understand about her husband Gary?

7. If Gary is able to plead insanity at trial, what happens to him?

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

9. What is the Lindbergh kidnapping?

10. Why is the appearance of Maggie's shoe at Ms. Kim's murder scene important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the character of Jezzie before her last trip to the Islands with Cross and after the trip. In what ways is the character the same and different? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Compare the reactions and feelings of Cross while he is participating in the ransom events to the reactions and feelings of Maggie Rose while she is kidnapped. Support your answers with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, answer the following question: Is it important to the story to know if Soneji/Murphy truly has multiple personality disorder?

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