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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. After seeing a letter from the killer to Mrs. Santorelli, it is determined that the killer is about how old?

2. What is the name of Roosevelt's wife?

3. Where does the woman Moore was once engaged to live?

4. Who says, "Some customers, they like it when you don't like it."?

5. Moore says Hotel Gonfarone serves the best of what kind of food?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Kreizler withhold his goal from the Isaacsons when he asks them to examine the bodies of a brother and sister?

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

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

6. How do Moore and Kreizler begin reminiscing about the murder case that makes up the stories narrative?

7. What does Roosevelt give Moore on March 3, 1896 at the watchtower?

8. Why does Stevie knock on Moore's door on the morning of March 3, 1896?

9. Why do Kreizler and Moore visit Kreizler's institute in Chapter 7?

10. Why is Sara concerned for the safety of the Santorellis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Explore the fact that powerful men in the city are trying to scare the team off of the murder case. Who are the men that have been trying to put a stop to the investigation? What lengths have they gone to to try to scare Kreizler and Moore off of the case? What are there reasons for doing this? What do you think the author is trying to say about the city during this time period through the powerful men?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the fact that the team eventually realizes that the killer fits perfectly into the psychological profile they have constructed. How do they come to these conclusions? How do they react when their theories start becoming realities? Why do you think Carr makes the killer fit their profile so exactly? What point is he trying to make?

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