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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 Nana Mama tell Cross that he needs?

2. Which of the girls does Rudolph choose?

3. How long did Kate go without seeing her father before she tracked him down?

4. How long has it been since Naomi saw Casanova last?

5. Where does Cross follow Sikes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cross know that he has found the Jason Snyder farm and what can he see of the farm?

2. What does Naomi tell Kristen is the plan to help the girls get away from Casanova?

3. What does the Gentleman Caller feel inside himself as he watches Juliette's husband leave for work?

4. What is Kate's condition and how does Cross describe his relationship to Kate to his friend Sampson?

5. What brazen act does Casanova do in Chapter 102 which allows him to marvel at his perfect mask that allows him to fit in anywhere?

6. What does Sampson ask Cross about Kate and what is Cross's response?

7. When Kate watches the suspect go into the hospital what conclusions does she come to about him being Casanova?

8. How does Cross describe the two killers?

9. When Cross finds Naomi what does she tell him and what does he realize about himself?

10. What does Cross find in the newspaper accounts of the Tierney/Hutchinson murders that makes him think he has information about Casanova?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the method of the killers to plant the strategic photo of Dr. Sachs within Rudolph's secret room. Why was Cross the only one to consider that this was odd?

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