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

2. What is the name of the senior FBI agent assigned to the second robbery?
(a) Benjamin Catalano.
(b) Betsey Cavalierre.
(c) Andy Pilantes.
(d) Susan Sorenson.

3. What does the Mastermind do with the letter he writes to Citibank?
(a) Crumples it up and burns it with all his other letters.
(b) Deposits it in his file cabinet.
(c) Sends it registered mail to the chairman of Citibank.
(d) Sends it FedEx to the FBI to taunt them.

4. What is the general appearance of the bank robber?
(a) An older, motherly woman with glasses.
(b) Baby-faced and generally nondescript.
(c) Very athletic with extremely long hair.
(d) Tall and striking.

5. Where does the fourth robbery, the Chase Manhattan Bank robbery, take place?
(a) Baltimore, Maryland.
(b) Annapolis, Maryland.
(c) Gaithersburg, Maryland.
(d) Washington, D.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. The main character, Alex Cross, does what for a living?

2. Who are the robbers the police study from the past to compare to the current string of robberies?

3. Who shows up at the end of the party?

4. What river are Christine and Cross walking along the edge of by while talking about what Geoffrey Shafer did to Christine?

5. What does the robber do with the two Citibank employees before leaving with the money?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the first chapter, is it clear as to whether or not Brianne Parker is serious about harming the bank teller if she doesn't do what she says? How does the author show Brianne's attitude about being a female bank robber?

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

3. What are Damon and Jannie doing when Jannie falls down? Did he mean to hurt Jannie?

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

5. The Mastermind writes letters to higher-ups in bank corporations. What are they about? Does he send them? Where does he put them?

6. What is the No. 1 recommendation of the American Society for Industrial Safety in the event of a robbery? How does the author bring this fact up?

7. Why does Kyle Craig want Cross to work on the Citibank robbery case?

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

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

10. How did it look to Cross and Sampson that the Mastermind killed the Parkers? Why kill them that way?

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