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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 did Naomi do that caused some problems in the dorm according to Florence?

2. Why can't Casanova sleep?

3. Why did Marcus search out Dr. Cross?

4. What information does Cross keep from the local police and the FBI?

5. What happened to Cross' wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Mary Ellen share with Cross when he pays her a visit in his investigation into his missing niece?

2. What happens to Kate after she escapes and runs through the woods trying to get away from Casanova?

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

4. What is Dr. Cross doing with his family when he is interrupted and what causes the interruption?

5. What does Casanova ask Kate, how does she respond, and what does he do when she gives her response?

6. What writer does Casanova think about and how does this relate to the things he does with the women he holds captive?

7. What does Casanova wear as he takes the girl into the woods and what he does with her once they are in the woods?

8. What information does Detective Nick Ruskin call to share with Cross?

9. What does Cross discover in Kate's system and what does this make Cross think about Casanova?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What events cause Cross and Sampson to be stopped by the local police? How do they react to this situation? In what way do the events of this even with the local police prove Cross and Sampson to be similar to Casanova and Rudolph?

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

How is the idea of staking out used by both the police and the killers within this novel? Which group do you believe does it more effectively? Why?

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