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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Cross' wife?
(a) Maria
(b) Betsey
(c) Christine
(d) Jannelle

2. Where are the latest victims found?
(a) Bar
(b) Bedroom
(c) Bathtub
(d) Backstage

3. What does the newest murder suspect do to Cross?
(a) Bites him
(b) Stabs him
(c) Taunts him
(d) Confesses

4. What is the first big lead tying the murders together?
(a) Cross' hunch
(b) Type of victim
(c) Common suspect
(d) Bite marks

5. Where does Cross spend the day with his family?
(a) FBI headquarters
(b) Sojourner Truth School
(c) Smithsonian
(d) Zoo

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the victims after they are killed?

2. What can the reader surmise from this chapter?

3. What kind of act do the brothers go to see?

4. With whom does Cross meet at the University?

5. Where does the attack take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cross think that becoming involved with Jamilla could be dangerous? How does Jamilla react to Cross' distance?

2. What do you think the killers meant when they told Martha Wiatt that she had been "chosen?" Why is it important for the vampires to "choose" their victims?

3. Why did Irwin Snyder kill his parents? Were the murders part of the larger plot?

4. Why did the brothers stop in Savannah? What was their opinion of the city?

5. How do you think the Mastermind is connected to Cross? Why do Cross' partners keep being murdered by the Mastermind?

6. Where does the Mastermind sit and think about his superiority? In what areas is the Mastermind superior to Cross?

7. How does Craig respond to Cross' questions about the Betsey Cavelierre case? Why have the police not been able to solve the crime?

8. Why do William and Michael decide not to go after Cross and Craig? Were the brothers' assumptions correct?

9. What is Alex Cross' perception of Jamilla Hughes? Why is Cross reluctant to get close to Jamilla?

10. Why do the police believe that more than two vampires are responsible for the murders? What proof do they have that it might be true?

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