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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Pierce familiarize himself in his hotel in New Jersey?
(a) Concussions.
(b) Trains.
(c) Digging apparatus.
(d) Fax machines.

2. What evidence from the Cross attack do police find near the cellar?
(a) A baseball cap.
(b) A fingerprint.
(c) A dropped glove.
(d) A shoe print.

3. What newspaper does Mr. Smith spread over the linoleum in the farmhouse kitchen?
(a) London Times.
(b) Le Monde.
(c) Provence Weekly News.
(d) French Gazette.

4. What does Thomas Pierce study at Harvard?
(a) Math.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Literature.
(d) Anthropology.

5. What does Soneji throw inside the hospital room when he sees Cross and Groza?
(a) A bomb.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) A lit match.
(d) Turpentine.

6. What is the relationship between Martin Straw and Isabella?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) Brother and sister.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Lovers.

7. Why does Pierce think that Mr. Smith has not attacked the Cross family?
(a) He is already dead.
(b) He is not in town.
(c) They would all be mutilated and dead if he had attacked them.
(d) He does not attack children.

8. Whom does Christine see waiting for her outside her office at the end of Chapter 88?
(a) John Sampson.
(b) Thomas Pierce.
(c) Laura Dixon.
(d) Kyle Craig.

9. Where does Martin Straw live?
(a) Paris.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) New York City.
(d) Concord, Massachusetts.

10. What does Christine say she wants very much in Chapter 97?
(a) Children.
(b) Never to take a risk.
(c) More time away from school.
(d) A new job.

11. What kind of jokes do Pierce and Greenberg share when they are searching for Mr. Smith?
(a) Space-visitor jokes.
(b) Practical jokes.
(c) Crude jokes.
(d) Knock-knock jokes.

12. What does Pierce say to Sampson before he leaves Princeton to go to Paris?
(a) Trust me a little.
(b) You do not need me here.
(c) Get out of my way.
(d) The Cross case is not important.

13. What music does Mr. Smith have playing on his CD player in the farmhouse before he kills Sante?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Areosmith.
(c) Patti Smith.
(d) Brahms.

14. Where does Pierce place the body of Anthony Bruno?
(a) In a rowboat.
(b) In a lifeguard's chair.
(c) In a boat house.
(d) In a cabin.

15. How does Craig characterize Pierce in Chapter 104?
(a) As a cold-blooded killer.
(b) As being misrepresented.
(c) As being innocent.
(d) As a bumbler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pierce live as a child?

2. What is Pierce holding when Cross enters Pierce's bedroom?

3. What does Mr. Smith cut from Isabella's body?

4. Where is Cross' most serious wound?

5. Where does Cross go in Chapter 112?

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