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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 prevents Cross from going to the scene in Pennsylvania?

2. Which of the following characters is a violent crimes analyst?

3. Who requested Cross's presence?

4. Why was Cross summoned to Baltimore for this incident?

5. What instrument does Cross's daughter play?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lizzie try to stay sane and what does she know about her captor?

2. What does Cross tell Jamilla and how does she react to this information?

3. What does Cross expect when he returns home again very late and what in fact happens?

4. Who is waiting for Alex when he gets home and what do the two do and talk about?

5. What does Burns warn Cross about and what does Cross decide is his own personal mantra?

6. What does the wolf tell Zoya they will do before he kills her?

7. How is Mr. Potter feeling in this section of the novel?

8. How is the wolf described in this chapter?

9. What happens when Augustino Palumbo asks the Wolf how the two crime syndicates can merge?

10. What does Lizzie Connolly do after she is finished with her shopping and what happens to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did you feel with the way the author ended this book? If you were the author would have have ended the book the same way or a different way? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the story there is intense action and many twists and turns. Write an essay describing how the author is able to manage to keep all of the action, twists and turns corresponding throughout the text. Do you think the author manages the amount of details well? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What event in the novel did you find most surprising? Why? What event did you find most predictable? Why

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