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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 cops do when they approach Cross and the person picking up the ransom demand?

2. How old is Cross' daughter?

3. Whose house does Gary go to when he sneaks out of his house and returns to Washington, D.C.?

4. What does the note on Graham's body tell the investigators not to steal?

5. How far does the kidnapper run with the Lindbergh baby before burying him alive?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Cross lose his temper at the soup kitchen?

3. What is the Lindbergh kidnapping?

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

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

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

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

8. When Maggie is underground and a bright light appears, what does she do?

9. What proves to the police that the location in Maryland is where Maggie and Michael were held?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, explain the role that race plays in the story. Is this a major or minor theme throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the mayor and the press. How are their actions towards Cross similar and different? Does one treat Cross more or less fairly than the other? Use specific examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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