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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. How do Ruskin and Cross describe Kate's survival and escape?

2. How is Casanova unlike other mass killers?

3. What does Casanova tell the Gentleman Caller when he calls him?

4. Who found Kate?

5. What does Kate tell Cross about Naomi?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Casanova feel as he watches Anna Miller and what is unique about these feelings?

2. When Dr. Cross arrives at the emergency room, what state is Marcus in and what does Dr. Cross reveal about his condition?

3. Describe where Kate lives and what she does when she arrives home after her Saturday night karate class.

4. What happens when Casanova tries to go to sleep and what does this make him realize?

5. What is the surprise that Casanova has planned for the girls and what does he tell Naomi afterward?

6. When Kate wakes up after the drug, what does she notice about the room she is now located in?

7. What impresses Naomi about Kate and what does she finally answer Kate's pleas for information?

8. In what way does Casanova's method change?

9. What is Sampson's theory about the murders that he shares with Cross?

10. What does Cross begin to think about Casanova and his reasons for possibly taking Naomi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What causes Ruskin to change his opinion and attempt to work cooperatively with Cross? Why did Ruskin attempt to create misdirections?

Essay Topic 2

Casanova wears physical masks. Why do you believe he wears the masks? What figurative masks does Casanova wear as well? Do you believe he wears them well? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

While Cross and Sampson are very close friends and both police detectives, they too very different paths to arrive at this same place. Describe their different paths. Why do you think such different paths lead to the same career? Why do you believe they are so close?

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