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

2. Who says, "No, sir, there was the devil in it all, somewhere..."?

3. The team discovers the location of Beecham's apartment after visiting a bar where?

4. Where do Moore and Kreizler visit in Chapter 31?

5. Who gives Moore and Kreizler permission to continue their investigation, against the wishes of his peers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do city officials kidnap Moore and Kreizler?

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

3. What do the Isaacsons learn while in Chicago?

4. How does Morgan feel about Moore and Kreizler's investigation?

5. What information does Sara uncover about the New Paltz murders?

6. What does Kreizler tell Moore about Mary after they get shot at?

7. How does the investigative team know that the killer is bald?

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

9. What clue do Moore and Kreizler uncover on a trip to Washington D.C.?

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

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

Explore the significance of Kreizler leaving the case after Mary is killed. What is his reasoning for dropping out of the case? Why does he make this decision after his love has been killed? Does he seem justified in his reasoning? Why or why not? Why does he eventually come back? What has changed?

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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