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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. Who kills Beecham?

2. Moore visits a Catholic church that is working on a new what?

3. How is Mary killed?

4. What facial disfigurement does Pomeroy have?

5. While in the military, Beecham is involved in a riot in what city?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John end up being sent to St. Elizabeth's Asylum?

2. How does Moore find himself knocked unconscious at the Croton Reservoir?

3. What does Sara share with Moore about Kreizler's childhood?

4. What bad news do Moore and Kreizler receive in Chapter 36?

5. Why does Marcus become excited when he sees that the killer left the third murdered boy prostitute's eye in tact?

6. How does Paul help Kreizler and his team?

7. What does the team find when they visit the apartment where John has been living?

8. What do Lucius and Marcus find when they autopsy John's body?

9. Describe Moore's meeting with two local bishops when he is investigating the boy prostitute murders.

10. What do Moore and Sara learn when they go to the census office to ask if John ever worked there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of the first-person perspective used for the novel. Why do you think the author felt this was the best perspective for this novel? How would the novel be different if the story was told from an omniscient, third-person perspective? What relevant information would we have missed if the novel was told this way? How might this way also be more beneficial?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Moore and Kreizler. How are they alike and how are they different? How do the characters play off of each other? How might the story be different if either character was not present?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the use of foreshadowing in the novel. Choose at least two instances of foreshadowing and expand on them. How was the foreshadowed issue addressed later in the novel? Why do you think Carr chooses to use foreshadowing in these instances?

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