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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 else does Gary suffer from, as Cross learned in his interrogation of Gary?

2. Where does the investigative team remain after the restaurant hostage situation?

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

4. What subject does Mr. Soneji teach?

5. Where is the black family murdered that Cross goes to investigate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is it important that Cross knows about Soneji's background?

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

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

8. What was Gary's childhood like, according to Missy?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does justice appear as a theme in the story? Is justice served in the end? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What is Nana Mama's function in the story? Is she Cross' conscience or something else? Cite examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What character's journey in the story most closely resembles the story of Maggie Rose and why? Cite examples from the book to support your answer.

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