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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nana cooking in the kitchen when Pierce returns to the Cross house in Chapter 99?
(a) Chili.
(b) Bread, roast chicken, and sweet potatoes.
(c) Rice and ham.
(d) Soup and bread.

2. What does Sampson say is a metaphor for their case in Chapter 127?
(a) Roadkill.
(b) A traffic jam.
(c) Spilled ink.
(d) Lost uniforms.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What role does Pierce say Conklin has played in his friendship with Soneji at the end of Chapter 100?

3. Who discovers Nana in the street?

4. Where is Cross' most serious wound?

5. What kind of jokes do Pierce and Greenberg share when they are searching for Mr. Smith?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Pierce and Sampson discover on Walter Murphy's farm?

2. How does Cross try to live his life differently after the Mr. Smith case is closed?

3. What does Nana want Craig and Pierce to tell her about Cross?

4. Does Cross try to save Pierce from killing himself?

5. Is Abel Sante well-liked?

6. What is Soneji's state of mind as he hurries through Bellevue on his way to the fourth floor?

7. What is Sampson's reaction to the attack on Cross family?

8. Is Pierce looking for Soneji's partner?

9. What is the first clue Pierce leaves after he has killed Isabella?

10. Is Cross expected to live after being attacked in his home?

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