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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 happens when Cross calls Christine in Chapter 7?

2. What time does Mrs. Casselman leave the house in the morning that gets Mr. Blue so mad?

3. Who are the robbers the police study from the past to compare to the current string of robberies?

4. What is Ms. Green's real name?

5. Who dies in the Chase Manhattan Bank robbery?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Mastermind kill the Parkers after all they had done for him?

2. The Mastermind writes letters to higher-ups in bank corporations. What are they about? Does he send them? Where does he put them?

3. From whom do the banks in the book generally receive hate mail? What does Cross do to investigate hate mail related to the robberies?

4. Is the bank robbery crew for the Falls Church job as good as the Parkers? Are they as expensive?

5. How does Christine react to hearing the news of the murdered mother in a London supermarket? Why is her suspicion about who committed the crime particularly odd?

6. Does the villain think that calling himself the Mastermind makes him seem powerful? Why does he pick the name?

7. How did it look to Cross and Sampson that the Mastermind killed the Parkers? Why kill them that way?

8. With which drug does the Mastermind kill the second team of bank robbers? How does the drug work?

9. In the first chapter, is it clear as to whether or not Brianne Parker is serious about harming the bank teller if she doesn't do what she says? How does the author show Brianne's attitude about being a female bank robber?

10. Where is Jannie's tumor located and is it serious?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what Christine's flower garden represents, using evidence from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Alex Cross is always weighing the importance of his job against how it interferes with his personal life. What conflicts arise as a result of this? How does he deal with these conflicts?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ways that "hate mail" is used in the story. What does it reveal about the characters who write it? How is it used by law enforcement to track the killers? Does it always lead to the right person? Explain.

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