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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. Where is Lucy Rhys-Cousins killed?
2. What does Jannie call the staff when they keep taking blood for tests?
3. Where does the fourth robbery, the Chase Manhattan Bank robbery, take place?
4. Who is Lucy Rhys-Cousins' suspected killer?
5. What do Cross and Sampson do toward the end of the party?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think Sampson and Cross address the drug dealer, Snowman, as Darryl?
2. What does Cross tease Nana Mama about when wakes up early the morning after finding the Parkers dead? How does she respond?
3. From whom do the banks in the book generally receive hate mail? What does Cross do to investigate hate mail related to the robberies?
4. 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?
5. Why does Kyle Craig want Cross to work on the Citibank robbery case?
6. Why does the Mastermind have Brianne and Errol do his dirty work instead of committing the horrible deeds himself?
7. How did it look to Cross and Sampson that the Mastermind killed the Parkers? Why kill them that way?
8. How does Jannie describe the hospital food? Why is her assessment particularly funny?
9. Why does the Mastermind kill the Parkers after all they had done for him?
10. As Cross and Sampson are running after Montgomery, Cross keeps saying that he is a fast runner in his mind. Is he serious? Why does he say that?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Since criminals break the law by definition, what codes, if any, do they follow? The Mastermind also seems to enjoy killing the teams of robbers he hires. How does he justify killing the first team? The second team? Is he a hypocrite?
Essay Topic 2
How do Alex's feelings for Christine evolve throughout the novel? How do those feelings affect how he feels about Betsey?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the ways that "hate mail" is used in the story. What does it reveal about the characters who write it? How is it used by law enforcement to track the killers? Does it always lead to the right person? Explain.
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