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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Christine held captive?
(a) Long Island.
(b) Newark.
(c) Bermuda.
(d) Bahamas.

3. Where does Cross live?
(a) Arlington, Virginia.
(b) Baltimore, Maryland.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Washington, D.C.

4. What is different about the third robbery?
(a) It happens when the cleaning crew is there at night.
(b) There are no casualties.
(c) A dog runs into the bank and bites one of the robbers.
(d) Customers are killed, too.

5. What condition is the nanny in when she is murdered?
(a) She had a seizure.
(b) She has multiple sclerosis.
(c) She has a brain tumor.
(d) She is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Christine about a year before?

2. Where are the robbers hiding out when the Mastermind comes to see them?

3. What time does Mrs. Casselman leave the house in the morning that gets Mr. Blue so mad?

4. How does the Citibank robber feel about committing the robbery?

5. Who is the informant Cross and Cavalierre talk to in Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

1. With which drug does the Mastermind kill the second team of bank robbers? How does the drug work?

2. What is interesting about the criminal records of the members of the crew the Mastermind hires to rob First Union Bank for him?

3. Does the villain think that calling himself the Mastermind makes him seem powerful? Why does he pick the name?

4. Where is Jannie's tumor located and is it serious?

5. Does Kyle Craig like parties? How does the author indicate this?

6. How many people are initially thought to have been killed in the Citibank robbery? How many were really killed by Errol Parker?

7. Why does the Mastermind kill the Parkers after all they had done for him?

8. Why is Mr. Blue mad at the Chase Manhattan bank manager's wife, Victoria Casselman? What does he do to her?

9. How does Jannie describe the hospital food? Why is her assessment particularly funny?

10. What does Cross tease Nana Mama about when wakes up early the morning after finding the Parkers dead? How does she respond?

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