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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. Does the Citibank robbery end on time?
(a) Right on the dot, just as planned.
(b) No, it is way late because the vault wouldn't open.
(c) Yes, ten seconds early.
(d) No, it is 52 seconds late.

2. Does Cross want to discuss the Citibank robbery/murder case with the person who shows up at the end of the party?
(a) Yes, he needs to get back in the game.
(b) Yes, it will help advance his career.
(c) No, he wants to take the kids to the movies.
(d) No, it's his night off.

3. What is the difference between the current robberies and the ones in the past?
(a) No one was kidnapped in the previous robberies.
(b) No one survived to talk about the previous ones.
(c) No one was killed in the previous ones.
(d) The new robberies don't make the headlines.

4. What do Cross and Sampson do toward the end of the party?
(a) Sing.
(b) Watch TV.
(c) Get sick.
(d) Play video games.

5. How does the Citibank robber feel about committing the robbery?
(a) Powerful because she gets to order people around.
(b) Up against the wall, like she has to do it or else.
(c) Frustrated because she can't find another job .
(d) Sad because she can never become a cop after this.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of apartments are the ones on First Avenue?

2. What does the Mastermind do with the letter he writes to Citibank?

3. What is the general appearance of the bank robber?

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

5. What is the name of the man Cross and Sampson chase in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. What does Cross hope doesn't happen to Jannie in the ambulance? What happens as the doctors finish examining her at the hospital?

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

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

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

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

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

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