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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The main character, Alex Cross, does what for a living?
(a) He is an FBI agent.
(b) He is a detective.
(c) He is a private investigator.
(d) He is a CIA agent.

2. What time does Mrs. Casselman leave the house in the morning that gets Mr. Blue so mad?
(a) 6:45.
(b) 8:00.
(c) 8:15.
(d) 7:40.

3. What is the name of Cross' partner?
(a) Jim Simpson.
(b) Shaun Gallegher.
(c) John Sampson.
(d) Eric Ransom.

4. Does the Citibank robbery end on time?
(a) No, it is 52 seconds late.
(b) Yes, ten seconds early.
(c) Right on the dot, just as planned.
(d) No, it is way late because the vault wouldn't open.

5. What city's police department's importance is being disputed by the FBI agents regarding the third robbery?
(a) Rosslyn.
(b) Arlington.
(c) Silver Spring.
(d) Baltimore.

6. What instrument does Cross play?
(a) Guitar.
(b) French horn.
(c) Piano.
(d) Violin.

7. In what region have robberies been committed in the past to which the FBI compares the current robberies?
(a) The Southeast.
(b) The Tennessee Valley.
(c) The Midwest.
(d) The Rust Belt.

8. What device does the senior FBI agent think the robbers used to keep tab on the police?
(a) A surveillance camera.
(b) A police scanner.
(c) A lookout.
(d) A bug they planted at headquarters.

9. Who is Lucy Rhys-Cousins' suspected killer?
(a) Geoffrey Shafer, known as the Weasel.
(b) The Mastermind.
(c) Agent Kyle Craig.
(d) Lucy Rhys-Cousins' crazy uncle from Holland.

10. Who mostly sends hate mail to banks?
(a) People who have been fired from financial-institution jobs.
(b) People who are denied loans or have had foreclosures.
(c) People in psychiatric hospitals.
(d) People from Third World countries who hate capitalism.

11. What time of day is it when Cross locates Jannie at the hospital?
(a) Dinner time.
(b) After midnight.
(c) Lunch time.
(d) Ten o'clock at night.

12. Where does the second robbery occur?
(a) Falls Church.
(b) Georgetown.
(c) Chevy Chase.
(d) Arlington.

13. Who does Christine think is at her house when she calls Cross in a panic?
(a) Petrillo.
(b) Johnny Depp.
(c) Shafer.
(d) Her ex-husband.

14. Who calls in the middle of the robbery?
(a) The security company.
(b) The bank manager's husband.
(c) The person who organized the robbery.
(d) The FBI.

15. Who tips off the police that a robbery is in progress at First Union?
(a) A First Union employee who has just left for lunch.
(b) Alex Cross, having gotten information from an informant.
(c) One of the robbers.
(d) The Mastermind himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Lucy Rhys-Cousins killed?

2. What do Cross and Sampson do toward the end of the party?

3. What kind of brain tumor does Jannie have?

4. What condition is the nanny in when she is murdered?

5. Who is Dr. Petito?

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