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

2. What happens when Cross calls Christine in Chapter 7?
(a) She doesn't return his calls.
(b) She picks up the phone and they talk about their relationship.
(c) She talks to him, then slams the phone down.
(d) She thinks they are prank calls and calls the police.

3. Who hears Cross playing the piano and comes in to comfort him the morning after he finds the Parkers dead?
(a) Damon.
(b) Jannie.
(c) Nana Mama.
(d) Christine.

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

5. What happens when Damon accidentally punches Jannie a little too hard?
(a) Jannie starts crying and runs upstairs.
(b) Jannie hits the floor and starts to convulse.
(c) Jannie tells Nana on him.
(d) He pushes Jannie down to the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Christine's therapist?

2. Who is the RN Cross talks to about Jannie's condition at the hospital?

3. Who is Christine?

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

5. Why does Cross take his kids into the basement?

Short Essay Questions

1. From whom do the banks in the book generally receive hate mail? What does Cross do to investigate hate mail related to the robberies?

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

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

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

5. Why is Cross confused when he describes the case to Kyle Craig? How does Craig explain what Cross is confused about?

6. Why do you think Sampson and Cross address the drug dealer, Snowman, as Darryl?

7. Where does Jannie think she is when she wakes up from surgery? What has Cross done to show camaraderie for her after her surgery?

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

9. 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?

10. Is the bank robbery crew for the Falls Church job as good as the Parkers? Are they as expensive?

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