View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Cross and his partner search, hoping to find someone who sold Soneji his disguise?

2. Who is Gary Murphy's wife?

3. Who does Gary's wife say was abusive in his family?

4. What does Cross play on his front porch?

5. Vivian's neighbor saw Soneji working as a salesman for what company?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cross' research in the kidnapper's apartment suggest?

2. What can Missy Murphy not understand about her husband Gary?

3. What does Soneji think is funny when he drives through the toll booth?

4. Why did Cross save Soneji from being shot to death by the sharpshooters?

5. Why is the appearance of Maggie's shoe at Ms. Kim's murder scene important?

6. What caused Cross and Sampson to be taken off the investigation of Maggie Rose's kidnapping?

7. When Marty tells Gary and Missy that Gary owes Marty's company thousands of dollars, what is Gary thinking about?

8. What is Gary going to use Ms. Kim to do?

9. What is the difference between what the trial of the Lindbergh kidnapping centered on and what the story at the beginning of the book centers on?

10. When Maggie is underground and a bright light appears, what does she do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, answer the following question: Is it important to the story to know if Soneji/Murphy truly has multiple personality disorder?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the character of Jezzie before her last trip to the Islands with Cross and after the trip. In what ways is the character the same and different? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Based on the entire novel, why do you think the author chose Jezzie to narrate the introductory material? What purpose would this serve? Would any other character have been more effective? How would using a different character alter the reader's perception of the story? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 601 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample