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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. Whose birthday does Cross forget?

2. What time do Cross and Hughes arrive at the party?

3. Who do the magicians emulate?

4. Who treats Cross to breakfast in bed?

5. Why are the visitors worried about finding prey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who appears in place of Daniel and Charles? What was the purpose of the switch?

2. What is Hughes' reaction when Cross warns her not to go to Santa Cruz alone? Does Hughes heed the warning?

3. Why is the Mastermind angry with Cross? Is the anger reasonable?

4. Why does Cross think Craig killed his brother? Is the feeling accurate?

5. How does the crowd at the fetish ball react when they realize Cross and Hughes are cops?

6. Why does Craig suspect that the FBI knows about his alter ego?

7. Why do some of the fetish ball participants agree to talk during the police interview?

8. Why does the Mastermind choose not to kill Cross? How long will the Mastermind wait to murder the detective?

9. Why are the Santa Cruz police reluctant to help Hughes? How does Hughes react to Lieutenant Conover?

10. What is the purpose of the press conference with Cross and Craig? Was it effective?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peter Westin, the new Sire, is captured and taken off to jail. What do you think will happen to Westin? Do you think Westin will be charged with murder? What will happen within the vampire community without the presence of the Sire?

Essay Topic 2

Early in the story, Michael refers to the cops as "toothless." Why did Michael make that comment? Examine the author's use of irony in the scene when Craig has his teeth knocked out by Cross.

Essay Topic 3

Kate McTiernan played a victim in one of Patterson's previous novels where she was kidnapped by the Casanova killer. Examine how the author uses Kate to show how each character has grown and changed.

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