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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. How are Cross and the dinner guest connected?
(a) Cousins
(b) Previous case
(c) Colleagues
(d) Former lovers

2. Which University does Cross visit?
(a) University of California
(b) Berkeley
(c) Stanford
(d) UCLA

3. Which is not a trait of Cross' stalker?
(a) Cunning
(b) Determined
(c) Impulsive
(d) Stranger

4. The most recent attack occurs in which city?
(a) Dallas
(b) Atlanta
(c) Charlotte
(d) Miami

5. Where is Cross' normal day job?
(a) Private practice
(b) FBI
(c) Washington PD
(d) CIA

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Cross' wife?

2. What is the name of the decapitated performer?

3. What does Cross admire about Hughes?

4. Where do William and Michael go after they leave California?

5. Why has the stalker left so many clues?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Cross relieved when Kyle Craig agrees to fly to San Francisco? What about Craig makes Cross feel secure?

2. Who is John Sampson? How does Sampson play an integral role in the story?

3. What prompted William and Michael's love of extreme sports? Why are the sports so appealing?

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

5. Why does the Mastermind keep leaving clues for Cross?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. Who is Irwin Snyder? Why is he important to the story?

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