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

2. What was supposed to have happened to the hostages in the Citibank robbery?
(a) They would have been OK if the robbery had ended on time.
(b) They were supposed to die.
(c) They were supposed to be taken to a secret location.
(d) The were supposed to be released no matter what.

3. How do Brianne and Errol die?
(a) They are poisoned with Anectine.
(b) They are poisoned with arsenic.
(c) Their throats are slit.
(d) They are shot execution-style.

4. Whom does Cross tell Cavalierre to call when they hear the gun blast at the house they are investigating?
(a) Metro police.
(b) Kyle Craig.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The gang unit.

5. What is the name of the man Cross and Sampson chase in Chapter 8?
(a) Dennis Robinson.
(b) Cedric Montgomery.
(c) Oscar Robeson.
(d) Caleb Whiting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lucy Rhys-Cousins' suspected killer?

2. Does Cross want to discuss the Citibank robbery/murder case with the person who shows up at the end of the party?

3. Who is being held hostage somewhere else during the Citibank robbery?

4. What kind of pets did the person who shot himself have?

5. How does Cross find the hostages in the third robbery?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. As Cross and Sampson are running after Montgomery, Cross keeps saying that he is a fast runner in his mind. Is he serious? Why does he say that?

4. If the bank manager had opened the vault immediately when asked to do so, would her family have been spared? Did Brianne know what would happen to the hostages all along?

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

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

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

8. Where does Joseph Petrillo live? What is the neighborhood like? What happens when Cross and Cavalierre reach his house?

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

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

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