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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 is Cross' psychiatrist?
(a) Andrea Finale.
(b) Felicia Holmes.
(c) Dr. Petito.
(d) Adele Finally.

2. What does Cross do to Cletus Anderson when he calls him a racial epithet?
(a) Spins him around hard, to prove a point.
(b) Punches him in the gut.
(c) Turns the other cheek.
(d) Tapes the slur and calls security.

3. What does Cross ask Macdougall about when he takes over the interview with the suspect from Detective Weiss?
(a) What Macdougall thinks is important to tell the police.
(b) How many robberies Macdougall committed with the Mastermind.
(c) Why Macdougall punched Weiss in the head.
(d) How old Macdougall is.

4. What type of gun does the armed, masked man point at the bus passengers?
(a) A Desert Eagle.
(b) An AK-47.
(c) A Walther double automatic.
(d) A Taurus semi-automatic.

5. At the end of Part 3, where are the hostages being held?
(a) A silo just off the interstate.
(b) The original Pepperidge Farm.
(c) Donald Browne's farm.
(d) In an underground bunker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the Mastermind kill in Chapter 91?

2. What do workers carry at Hazelwood that are not found at other mental institutions?

3. What does Cross realize about Cavalierre as they become closer?

4. Who is Veronica Macdougall?

5. Where do Cross and Cavalierre go to talk to Francis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Patrick Lee? Why is Szabo so mad at him?

2. What are two of Brian Macdougall's three rules when he takes over the tour bus? What do the hostages pass to the front of the bus? Why?

3. How does Alex act when he sees his psychiatrist, Adele Finally, at church? Is she effective at counseling him?

4. How does the Mastermind decide to "top" himself in Hartford? Why?

5. Does Colonel Schofield bad-mouth Detective Cross to his staff at Hazelwood? What does Cross pose as when he goes undercover? Does he have the credentials for that area of expertise?

6. What does the Indian cab driver say when Cross flashes his detective's badge and jumps in while chasing Szabo? How does Szabo act when he gets out of his cab and starts walking down the street?

7. What does Cross call Christine's apartment and garden in Mitchellville? What does Christine's garden remind Cross of?

8. Why does it seem like Szabo would be a perfect fit for the First Union robbery? How does the job he had there fit with his mental disorder?

9. O'Malley and Crews, two of the potential bank robbers, know exactly what is going on at the meeting with the Mastermind. How? What happens at the end of the meeting?

10. In what context is the term "prairie-dogging" used? Why do the MetroHartford people do that?

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