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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 is the name of the bank hit in the third robbery?
(a) Bank of America.
(b) Citicorp.
(c) First Virginia.
(d) Washington Mutual.

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

3. Who shows up at the end of the party?
(a) John Calhoun from the Department of Homeland Security.
(b) A neighbor, who comes running in with news.
(c) Kyle Craig from the FBI.
(d) Cross' ex-wife.

4. What does Sampson do with the baby?
(a) Kidnaps him because he's not really who they think he is.
(b) Takes him outside to throw his diaper in the trash.
(c) Finds a blanket to wrap him in so he won't be cold.
(d) Carries him around the party to pick up women.

5. Where do Cross and Sampson eat in Chapter 11?
(a) Henry's Steakhouse.
(b) A bistro in Georgetown.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) Boston Market.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Damon accidentally punches Jannie a little too hard?

2. The Citibank robber wears a rubber mask of which president?

3. What category do the robbers' pseudonyms fall under?

4. What was supposed to have happened to the hostages in the Citibank robbery?

5. What does Jannie eat in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Are the Mastermind's motives easy to distinguish? What does he do that is different from most professional robbers?

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

9. Describe how Cross feels about Christine. Why does Christine act distantly toward Cross?

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

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