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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What music group is Jannie listening to on headphones?
2. Where does Cross live?
3. Who is Dr. Petito?
4. Who does Christine think is at her house when she calls Cross in a panic?
5. Does Cross want to discuss the Citibank robbery/murder case with the person who shows up at the end of the party?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Christine react to hearing the news of the murdered mother in a London supermarket? Why is her suspicion about who committed the crime particularly odd?
2. Why is Mr. Blue mad at the Chase Manhattan bank manager's wife, Victoria Casselman? What does he do to her?
3. What does Cross hope doesn't happen to Jannie in the ambulance? What happens as the doctors finish examining her at the hospital?
4. What does Cross tease Nana Mama about when wakes up early the morning after finding the Parkers dead? How does she respond?
5. With which drug does the Mastermind kill the second team of bank robbers? How does the drug work?
6. The author quotes an old saying, "Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm." What does he mean by that?
7. Why does Kyle Craig want Cross to work on the Citibank robbery case?
8. Why does the Mastermind kill the Parkers after all they had done for him?
9. Where does Joseph Petrillo live? What is the neighborhood like? What happens when Cross and Cavalierre reach his house?
10. Is the bank robbery crew for the Falls Church job as good as the Parkers? Are they as expensive?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the various conflicts between the different law-enforcement groups throughout the novel. What are the various causes of these conflicts? How are they approached and resolved, if at all?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Frederic Szabo's state of mind. What does he have in common with the Mastermind? What evidence supports the possibility that he is the Mastermind? What evidence points to the fact that he is not the Mastermind?
Essay Topic 3
How do Alex's feelings for Christine evolve throughout the novel? How do those feelings affect how he feels about Betsey?
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