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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. The Mastermind feels what toward Cross?
2. Who were the victims?
3. Who questions Cross' strange behavior?
4. What does the newest murder suspect do to Cross?
5. How many FBI agents are supposedly working the case full time?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do William and Michael decide not to go after Cross and Craig? Were the brothers' assumptions correct?
2. Who are the kids found in the old house? How do they react to outsiders?
3. What is the one thing that makes William most angry? Why is it such a problem?
4. What is the purpose of the Mastermind breaking into the Cross house?
5. 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?
6. What prompted William and Michael's love of extreme sports? Why are the sports so appealing?
7. How are Craig and Cross tied to Kate McTiernan? How has their relationship changed?
8. Why did Irwin Snyder kill his parents? Were the murders part of the larger plot?
9. What was Craig's opinion of Kate? Has the opinion changed since Craig last saw Kate?
10. Why does Cross return to Washington? How does it affect the investigation into the vampire murders?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Cross had to face Craig one more time at Kate McTiernan's house. How did the confrontation change Cross? Do you think Kyle Craig will be put in prison for life? How will the absence of the Mastermind affect Cross' future cases?
Essay Topic 2
The Mastermind is revealed to be Kyle Craig, Cross' friend and colleague. How is it possible that the Mastermind could stalk and terrorize Cross for so long without being found out? Why was Cross blind to Craig's clues? What was the biggest clue left by Craig?
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the story, Cross knocks Craig unconscious and then phones home to capture the killer's confession on an answering machine. How did Cross known Craig would confess? Examine Patterson's use of irony in this final stage using Craig's tool of terror.
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