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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. What item does Soneji want as a boy, but never gets?

2. What does Soneji throw at a businessman passing him on a New York City street?

3. What name does the press call Mr. Smith?

4. What is one of the reasons the children believe the school is "their school?"

5. What does Cross say about the door to the room from which Soneji's rifle is being fired in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cross bring Rosie the cat to Quantico?

2. What important information about Soneji does Cross learn when he interviews Jamal Autrey at Lorton Prison?

3. How does Soneji's rage play a role in his murder of Detective Goldman?

4. Describe Soneji's encounter with Jean Summerhill.

5. Describe Christine's view of Damon Cross.

6. How does Soneji hide on the Metroliner to Penn Station?

7. Why does Soneji return to Wilmington, Delaware?

8. Soneji is confused about what when he wakes up in Detective Goldman's cellar?

9. Where do Cross and Sampson find Soneji's daughter, Ronni?

10. What is Soneji's attitude when he enters Union Station before his sniper attack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot development of this novel. How does the author connect the two stories of Soneji and Mr. Smith?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism of the cellar in Soneji's life. What does his nightmare with the cellar begin, and how does he feel when he is free from the cellar?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of trains to Soneji? Why did he steal his stepbrother's train set and bury it? How do the murders in the train stations make him feel as though he is taking back his power?

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