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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. What color are Joseph's eyes?

2. Why is Sara worried about Kreizler in Chapter 19?

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

4. Where do Moore and Kreizler go to find out who their liaison to police department will be?

5. What nationality are the Delmonicos?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Marcus discover when examining the scene of the murder of the second boy prostitute?

3. What is the crime scene discovered on March 3, 1896?

4. How does Moore meet Joseph?

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

6. What theories does the team develop about the killer's childhood and history, based on the evidence they have found?

7. Why does Moore wake up in a strange place in Chapter 12?

8. Why does Moore begin to suspect that Kreizler and Sara are in love?

9. What does Biff tell Moore when he visits Paresis Hall in Chapter 11?

10. How does Moore feel about the possibility that Kreizler and Sara are in love?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the use of foreshadowing in the novel. Choose at least two instances of foreshadowing and expand on them. How was the foreshadowed issue addressed later in the novel? Why do you think Carr chooses to use foreshadowing in these instances?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the revelation that Kreizler was abused as a child. Why do you think the author chose to make this character a victim of domestic abuse? What point might he be trying to make?

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