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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. Whom does Cross tell Cavalierre to call when they hear the gun blast at the house they are investigating?
2. Who masterminded the largest single bank robbery in history?
3. The main character, Alex Cross, does what for a living?
4. What time of day is it when Cross locates Jannie at the hospital?
5. The Citibank robber wears a rubber mask of which president?
Short Essay Questions
1. The Mastermind writes letters to higher-ups in bank corporations. What are they about? Does he send them? Where does he put them?
2. What is interesting about the criminal records of the members of the crew the Mastermind hires to rob First Union Bank for him?
3. How does Jannie describe the hospital food? Why is her assessment particularly funny?
4. If the bank manager had opened the vault immediately when asked to do so, would her family have been spared? Did Brianne know what would happen to the hostages all along?
5. Where does Joseph Petrillo live? What is the neighborhood like? What happens when Cross and Cavalierre reach his house?
6. Why does Brianne feel confident and in control of the situation at Citibank?
7. How did it look to Cross and Sampson that the Mastermind killed the Parkers? Why kill them that way?
8. Why does the Mastermind have Brianne and Errol do his dirty work instead of committing the horrible deeds himself?
9. Why do you think Sampson and Cross address the drug dealer, Snowman, as Darryl?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In general, the bank employees comply with the robbers' demands during the robbery. Why do they do that? Do their actions affect the outcome of the robberies? Why or why not? Cite specific examples.
Essay Topic 2
Christine has survived a horrible ordeal at the hands of Geoffrey Shafer, the Weasel. How are her actions toward Cross a result of her experience with the Weasel? What is causing her to relive some of the horror he put her through?
Essay Topic 3
Kyle Craig has been the Mastermind this whole time. How could he have used his connections and knowledge to stay ahead of the police? Cite specific examples.
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