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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does Pierce fly to get to Washington?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

2. How old is Sante?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Forty-five.
(d) Sixty.

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

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

5. When does Cross get home after Pierce/Smith is killed?
(a) Lunch time.
(b) In time to say good night to his children.
(c) Before dinner.
(d) The next morning.

6. What does Pierce steal in Bay Head, New Jersey?
(a) Money.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A BMW convertible.
(d) Food.

7. What kind of work has Cross done for years at the hospital?
(a) Pro bono work.
(b) Serving meals.
(c) Passing out treats to children.
(d) Playing piano at the annual Christmas celebration.

8. What letter is written on the blackboard in Laura's classroom when Christine visits?
(a) B.
(b) Z.
(c) C.
(d) K.

9. What household object does Pierce use to interrogate Conklin?
(a) A toy gun.
(b) A toothbrush.
(c) A milk bottle.
(d) A coke can.

10. Why does Kyle Craig have to go to the hospital at the end of Chapter 75?
(a) Cross has written a message for Kyle.
(b) Cross has died.
(c) Cross wants to talk to him.
(d) Cross has gone into cardiac arrest.

11. Who picks up Christine Johnson at her apartment in Chapter 97?
(a) Pierce.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The FBI.
(d) Sampson.

12. Mr. Smith is disguised as what when he attacks Sante?
(a) A junkie.
(b) A street person.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A policeman.

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

14. To where do Sampson and Pierce take a helicopter?
(a) New York City.
(b) Princeton, NJ.
(c) Boston, MA.
(d) Detroit, MI.

15. Where has Mr. Smith hidden Sante?
(a) In a dumbwaiter.
(b) In an old school.
(c) In a factory building.
(d) In a hotel room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Pierce?

2. How old is Pierce?

3. What poet has written about the setting of Atlantic City?

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

5. Who discovers Nana in the street?

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