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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. Where is Jezzie's summer house located?

2. When Cross returns home from the Virgin Islands, where does his partner ask him to go?

3. Where does Cross take the information that Soneji gives him?

4. Why are Jezzie and Cross a controversial couple?

5. What does Cross stab Soneji with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jezzie sentenced to death?

2. What reinforces the suggestion that Soneji has had a partner in his deeds?

3. Why does Soneji go after Devine to get the ransom money?

4. When the investigation into Maggie Rose is closed, and Cross goes back over the interviews, what does Cross discover about Soneji's possible accomplice?

5. After Cross uses the press to get his way, what happens?

6. What is Soneji doing in Washington, D.C.?

7. After the investigation is closed, and Cross goes to talk to the Secret Service agents, why does he feel that they are hiding something?

8. How does Cross use the press?

9. What is the verdict in the Murphy/Soneji case?

10. What does Cross' presence at Jezzie's death symbolize?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Compare the kidnapping of Maggie Rose to the Lindbergh kidnapping. How are they similar and different? Use examples from the text 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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