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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Interpol and the French police gather to find Sante's body?
(a) At a lake.
(b) The ircus.
(c) A park.
(d) In a field.

2. With what does Pierce familiarize himself in his hotel in New Jersey?
(a) Trains.
(b) Digging apparatus.
(c) Fax machines.
(d) Concussions.

3. What occupation does Pierce's father have?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Store Manager.

4. What role does Pierce say Conklin has played in his friendship with Soneji at the end of Chapter 100?
(a) Leader.
(b) Creative thinker.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Friendly helper.

5. Who picks up Christine Johnson at her apartment in Chapter 97?
(a) The CIA.
(b) Pierce.
(c) Sampson.
(d) The FBI.

6. Where does Martin Straw live?
(a) Paris.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Concord, Massachusetts.
(d) New York City.

7. What color hair does Sondra Greenberg have?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Gray.
(d) Blonde.

8. What evidence from the Cross attack do police find near the cellar?
(a) A fingerprint.
(b) A dropped glove.
(c) A shoe print.
(d) A baseball cap.

9. How old is Sante?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Twenty.

10. How does Soneji feel as he hurries through the tunnels beneath Bellevue Hospital?
(a) Sick.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Calm.
(d) Compassionate.

11. How does Sampson feel when he is on surveillance with Cross a few miles from Pierce's hotel in Princeton?
(a) Restless and irritable.
(b) Confused.
(c) Sleepy.
(d) Hungry.

12. What is Pierce holding when Cross enters Pierce's bedroom?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A gun.
(c) A hand grenade.
(d) A scalpel.

13. With whom is Cross speaking on an airfield?
(a) Christine.
(b) Sampson and Pierce.
(c) FBI agents.
(d) Sondra Greenberg and Pierce.

14. What does Christine say she wants very much in Chapter 97?
(a) Children.
(b) Never to take a risk.
(c) More time away from school.
(d) A new job.

15. Soneji think Shareef is on what floor in Bellevue Hospital?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Sante identify about Mr. Smith?

2. What household object does Pierce use to interrogate Conklin?

3. What is the relationship between Martin Straw and Isabella?

4. What poet has written about the setting of Atlantic City?

5. From where does Pierce receive a medical internship after graduating from Harvard?

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