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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. When Detective Weiss from Internal Affairs interviews Macdougall, how does he respond?
2. Part of the ransom demand is what instead of money?
3. What is especially dangerous about Mitchell Brand?
4. Which famed room is the conference room used by the executives for their meeting?
5. How many times had Macdougall met the Mastermind?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Cross call Christine's apartment and garden in Mitchellville? What does Christine's garden remind Cross of?
2. When Cavalierre and Cross are getting off the elevator in the hotel in Hartford, why does she say "Walsh?" Why is it startling for Cross to think Walsh is there?
3. Does Colonel Schofield bad-mouth Detective Cross to his staff at Hazelwood? What does Cross pose as when he goes undercover? Does he have the credentials for that area of expertise?
4. Why does Cross think there are two Masterminds?
5. Is Detective Weiss an effective interrogator of Brian Macdougall? Why or why not?
6. What is Szabo's main problem with Cross' breaking into his apartment? What happens in the apartment?
7. Is Veronica Macdougall a believable witness to her father's guilt? Why would she willingly give him up?
8. What is significant about the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel? Who worked on the renovation of the hotel in 1992?
9. Why does Sampson alert Cross after the second night of surveillance of the MetroHartford kidnapping? Why does Cross "see red" when Sampson alerts him about the bust going down on Mitchell Brand?
10. How is Mitchell Brand classified by the team about to raid his apartment? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
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?
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