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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. Who teaches Maggie and Michael's history class?

2. How old is Cross' daughter?

3. What name have Maggie's kidnappers told her to use?

4. What restaurant does Soneji take hostage?

5. After leaving the small island, where do Cross and the private plane go?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Gary convince many officials that he might truly have multiple personalities?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What is the definition of a hero? Who is the hero in the book? Cite examples from the story to support your answer.

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