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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 does Cross do to relax?

2. Why is Cross worried about Casanova hunting him down?

3. Which of the following is the main issue as Kate sees it preventing Kate and Cross from having a relationship?

4. Who does Cross believe is Casanova?

5. Why don't Kate and Cross have sex when Cross spends the night with Kate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cross learn about Sachs and how does he learn this information?

2. What happens after Kate knocks Ruskin to the ground?

3. What are the basic points of the investigation according to Cross at this point in the novel?

4. Who is Dr. Freed and what is his purpose within the plot of the story?

5. How does Cross describe the two killers?

6. When Cross finds Naomi what does she tell him and what does he realize about himself?

7. What does Cross do that he is a bit apprehensive about and how does he justify his actions?

8. What is Kate's condition and how does Cross describe his relationship to Kate to his friend Sampson?

9. How does Cross describe what he saw with he sneaked up and observed Rudolph in the cabin and what does Rudolph do when he comes out of the cabin?

10. How does Kate handle the situation when Casanova comes back for her in her own house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What leads Cross to realize that Sachs might be playing with the police? What events and clues lead Cross to conclude that Casanova is not Sachs?

Essay Topic 2

How is the theme of twinning used in multiple ways in this novel? Describe at least three different ways that the concept was used throughout this novel.

Essay Topic 3

What clues are given within the novel about what created Rudolph's monstrous personality? In what way does his father directly relate to why he kills women?

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