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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. Who hears Cross playing the piano and comes in to comfort him the morning after he finds the Parkers dead?
2. Who is Sandy Greenberg?
3. What happens when Damon accidentally punches Jannie a little too hard?
4. In what city does the Citbank robbery take place?
5. What kind of party is Cross having?
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. What is the No. 1 recommendation of the American Society for Industrial Safety in the event of a robbery? How does the author bring this fact up?
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. Why does the Mastermind have Brianne and Errol do his dirty work instead of committing the horrible deeds himself?
5. What are Damon and Jannie doing when Jannie falls down? Did he mean to hurt Jannie?
6. 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?
7. The author quotes an old saying, "Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm." What does he mean by that?
8. Does the villain think that calling himself the Mastermind makes him seem powerful? Why does he pick the name?
9. Why is Cross confused when he describes the case to Kyle Craig? How does Craig explain what Cross is confused about?
10. How does Jannie describe the hospital food? Why is her assessment particularly funny?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the Mastermind's general attitude toward women? Describe his interactions with the women in the book. How do his interactions support this attitude?
Essay Topic 2
Dr. Francis runs from the police, though he isn't guilty. Why? Why does he take the poison? What does his taking the poison imply?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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