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

2. In Chapter 30, Moore and Kreizler wake up to find a former police commissioner named what?

3. In the final chapter, Moore says Sara lives where?

4. What is Pomeroy's first name?

5. Which member of Kreizler's team is tortured by detectives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kreizler agree to rejoin the case?

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

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

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

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

6. What happens when Moore and Kreizler attend the opera on the night when the killer is supposed to strike?

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

8. How does Paul help Kreizler and his team?

9. How does John die?

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

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 2

Discuss the use of secondary characters in the story. Why do you think there are so many secondary characters in the novel? What tone do they create? Why do you think the author introduces them all so soon in the narrative? What purpose might this serve?

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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