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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 does the suspect say after Cross shoots him?
(a) "Tell my wife I love her."
(b) "I am the Mastermind!"
(c) "You shot me!"
(d) "You got the wrong man!"

2. What is Sampson jokingly afraid happens to patients at Hazelwood Veterans Hospital?
(a) The doctors experiment on them.
(b) Everyone is on a Valium drip.
(c) They put people in solitary for months at a time.
(d) They shove hoses down people's noses.

3. What line of work are the suspects in the MetroHartford kidnapping in?
(a) Firefighters.
(b) Secret Service.
(c) Police.
(d) Hospital workers.

4. What does the suspect want in return for giving up the Mastermind?
(a) Immunity.
(b) The best lawyer money can buy.
(c) He wants to keep $1 million to support his wife.
(d) Witness protection and a maximum of 10 years in jail.

5. Where is Washington, D.C., in the rankings of the safest U.S. cities in which to raise children, according to The Washington Post?
(a) Dead last.
(b) The second-safest.
(c) Somewhere in the middle.
(d) No. 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Veronica Macdougall?

2. Where do the police and FBI set up to deal with the hijack situation?

3. What does Hildie Rader tell Cross in regard to the MetroHartford kidnapping?

4. How do Cross and Cavalierre feel about the deal Macdougall got?

5. What do people call the East Capitol Dwellings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Detective Weiss an effective interrogator of Brian Macdougall? Why or why not?

2. Of what caliber is the new crew the Mastermind is interviewing for his next robbery after killing the crew with Mr. Blue, Ms. Green, Mr. Red and Mr. White? How does he entice them to do his work for him?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. Has Cavalierre been married before and does she have any kids?

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

9. What currently links Dr. Francis to Hazelwood even though he no longer works there and is in Florida? How does Francis know Szabo?

10. Is Veronica Macdougall a believable witness to her father's guilt? Why would she willingly give him up?

(see the answer keys)

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