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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. What does Thomas Pierce study at Harvard?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Literature.
(c) Math.
(d) Medicine.

2. From where does Pierce fly to get to Washington?
(a) New York.
(b) Paris.
(c) Boston.
(d) London.

3. What letter is written on the blackboard in Laura's classroom when Christine visits?
(a) C.
(b) K.
(c) B.
(d) Z.

4. What kind of jokes do Pierce and Greenberg share when they are searching for Mr. Smith?
(a) Space-visitor jokes.
(b) Practical jokes.
(c) Crude jokes.
(d) Knock-knock jokes.

5. How does Craig characterize Pierce in Chapter 104?
(a) As a bumbler.
(b) As a cold-blooded killer.
(c) As being innocent.
(d) As being misrepresented.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kyle Craig have to go to the hospital at the end of Chapter 75?

2. Whom does Christine see waiting for her outside her office at the end of Chapter 88?

3. Who discovers Nana in the street?

4. How does Sampson feel when he is on surveillance with Cross a few miles from Pierce's hotel in Princeton?

5. What newspaper does Mr. Smith spread over the linoleum in the farmhouse kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nana want Craig and Pierce to tell her about Cross?

2. What is Soneji's state of mind as he hurries through Bellevue on his way to the fourth floor?

3. Is Pierce looking for Soneji's partner?

4. What does Pierce remember about the unusual detail in his Cambridge foyer on the night Isabella is murdered?

5. In Part 5, does Pierce know that Cross is out of the hospital?

6. Is Abel Sante well-liked?

7. What does Cross notice about Pierce's apartment?

8. What message does Mr. Smith leave for Cross after he has killed Inez?

9. What does Pierce find in Conklin's cellar?

10. Does Mr. Smith seem to know a lot about Abel Sante?

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