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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 tells Moore that the Santorellis might have been harmed?

2. Who tells the rest of the team that fingerprinting has been rejected by every police department in the world?

3. What does Kreizler do for a living?

4. Who brings up the murder and mutilation of a brother and sister?

5. Who rescues Moore when he is drugged in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the letter Sara obtains from that was sent to Mrs. Santorelli.

2. What similar murder to the murder of the boy prostitute does Kreizler bring up in Chapter 6?

3. Why does Moore go to Paresis Hall in Chapter 11?

4. Why is the team quickly smuggled out the back of Castle Garden?

5. How does Kreizler treat Mary when the team arrives back at their headquarters after visiting the scene of the second boy prostitute murder?

6. What do Sara and Moore learn when they arrive at the home of the Santorellis?

7. Why does Roosevelt want Moore's investigation into the boy prostitute's murder to be a secret.

8. What leads Kreizler to believe that the person who killed the boy prostitute is a serial killer?

9. What does Joseph tell Moore and Marcus about the second murdered boy prostitute?

10. What do the Isaacsons tell Moore and Kreizler about the murders of a brother and sister after examining their bodies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the significance of Joseph in the story. What role does Joseph play in the narrative of the story? How does he relate to Moore? What does his character reveal about Moore? Why is his death significant?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the role of Theodore Roosevelt in the novel. How does he drive the plot? Discuss the ways the story benefits from having a real person as a character. What disadvantages are there to this usage?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the different people who make up the investigative team. What are the backgrounds of each character? What does each character bring to the table? How do they work together throughout the novel?

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