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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. Which of the following reasons is not one that keeps Kate from sleeping when she returns home?

2. What does Sampson tell Cross when he comes to the back door at the end of the novel?

3. What profession does the FBI suspect the Gentleman Caller has?

4. What does Kate believe might be the reason the Gentleman Caller has not been caught?

5. What were the underground cellars called on the Underground Railroad?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cross see as he examines Rudolph's apartment?

2. What does Cross learn about Sachs and how does he learn this information?

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

4. What does Cross notice about Kate and why does he believe they both fear their budding relationship?

5. What does Craig tell Cross after they have uncovered the twenty-third victim in the mass grave?

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

7. Why does Rudolph go after Kate?

8. What plan does Casanova believe will allow him and Rudolph to beat Cross?

9. Describe Kate's recovery at this point in the novel.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the characters of Naomi and Kate. Compare them in regards to intelligence, character, perseverance, and strength.

Essay Topic 2

What leads Cross to realize that Sachs might be playing with the police? What events and clues lead Cross to conclude that Casanova is not Sachs?

Essay Topic 3

Do you believe the majority of the events and details in this novel were realistic? Why or why not? Identify one event within the novel which seemed highly unrealistic or at least a stretch within the novel.

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