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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. What does Pierce find inside the coal stove in Cross' cellar?

2. What significance does the novel "Stranger in a Strange Land" have for Mr. Smith?

3. What is the relationship between Martin Straw and Isabella?

4. What is Pierce's occupation?

5. How does Soneji die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cross notice about Pierce's apartment?

2. What does Pierce remember about the unusual detail in his Cambridge foyer on the night Isabella is murdered?

3. How does Mr. Smith interfere with Cross' time with his children in the grocery store?

4. Describe Sondra Greenberg.

5. Is Pierce looking for Soneji's partner?

6. What does Pierce think about his discovery of evidence in the coal stove in Cross' cellar?

7. What message does Mr. Smith leave for Cross after he has killed Inez?

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

9. Does Mr. Smith seem to know a lot about Abel Sante?

10. Does Sampson become angry with Pierce for leaving to go to Paris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Cross and Sampson work together as partners? Do they seem to have a good relationship? How can you tell?

Essay Topic 2

How does having the AIDS virus fuel Soneji's rage and desire to make others pay for what he sees as his undeserved death? Provide textual examples to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Pierce Thomas. How do other characters respond to him? What does he think of himself? What fatal flaw does his character have?

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