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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 the Episcopal bishop Moore visits in Chapter 22?

2. Where is the victim found in Chapter 26?

3. In Chapter 30, Moore and Kreizler wake up to find a former police commissioner named what?

4. What is Beecham's first job at the census?

5. Who kills Beecham?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Wissler tell Moore and Kreizler about Indian mutilations?

2. Describe Moore's meeting with two local bishops when he is investigating the boy prostitute murders.

3. What do the Isaacsons learn while in Chicago?

4. What does Kreizler tell Moore about Mary after they get shot at?

5. What do Moore and Sara learn when they go to the census office to ask if John ever worked there?

6. Why does Marcus become excited when he sees that the killer left the third murdered boy prostitute's eye in tact?

7. What do Moore and Kreizler learn from Adam Dury?

8. Why does Kreizler agree to rejoin the case?

9. What does the team find when they visit the apartment where John has been living?

10. What clue do Moore and Kreizler uncover on a trip to Washington D.C.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the team's visit with Adam Dury. How does Adam react when Moore and Kreizler first show up at his door? Why do you think he acts this way? What tone is set during their introductions? What does the team learn from Adam?

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 use of secondary characters in the story. Why do you think there are so many secondary characters in the novel? What tone do they create? Why do you think the author introduces them all so soon in the narrative? What purpose might this serve?

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