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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 is the name of Moore's maid?

2. Sara points out that all the murders since January have taken place near what?

3. Who says, "A little hard on the girl, weren't you Kreizler?"

4. What is Paul's last name?

5. In what city does the novel take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kreizler react when Sara announces that she believes the killer had a woman in his life who has lead to his suffering?

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

3. Why does Kreizler become angry when he is at Bellevue?

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

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

6. How is the room where Giorgio served his clients described?

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

8. Why is Roosevelt excited about his meeting with Kreizler and Moore, which he tells Moore about at the watchtower?

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

10. Why does the investigative team visit Castle Garden in Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Moore and Kreizler. How are they alike and how are they different? How do the characters play off of each other? How might the story be different if either character was not present?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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