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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cross do on his off-time?
(a) Has poker night with the boys.
(b) Works the Truth School case.
(c) Plays golf.
(d) Drinks too much.

2. Who do Cross and his partner chase across a courtyard as they investigate the school killings?
(a) The alleged neighborhood child molester.
(b) A candy vendor.
(c) A mime.
(d) A balloon artist.

3. What injury is evident in the first murder victim at the school?
(a) Beating and burn marks.
(b) Beating on one side of her face.
(c) A stab wound.
(d) All-over body beating.

4. Who is Cross' physical conscience?
(a) Nana Mama.
(b) His partner.
(c) Damen.
(d) Christine.

5. Who gives Cross a tip about the school killer that he has never heard rumor of previously?
(a) A white homeless man.
(b) The principal.
(c) A young man he knows.
(d) A stranger.

6. Who positively identifies the second student victim?
(a) The principal.
(b) Cross himself.
(c) Cross' son.
(d) The chief.

7. Where is Natalie Sheehan killed?
(a) At the school.
(b) At the Waldorf Astoria.
(c) At the Jefferson Hotel.
(d) In her office.

8. Who has a plan that seems to involve the President?
(a) Jack and Jill.
(b) The President's wife.
(c) Cross.
(d) The Truth School killer.

9. Who sends the videotaped murder to the media company?
(a) Jack and Jill.
(b) Sheehan.
(c) The Truth School killer.
(d) Cross.

10. Who believes the death of the chased suspect in previous chapters closes the Truth School case?
(a) The chief.
(b) Cross.
(c) The media.
(d) The commissioner.

11. Who pushes Cross at the crime seen where Natalie Sheehan was killed?
(a) The commissioner.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Pittman.
(d) An unknown man.

12. What words best describe Cross' feelings about the Jack and Jill murders?
(a) Cold and calculated.
(b) Hurried and unprofessional.
(c) Passionate and planned.
(d) Whimsical and flighty.

13. What, according to Cross, is missing from the Jack and Jill murders?
(a) A weapon.
(b) The victim.
(c) Clues.
(d) Passion.

14. Who arrives at Cross' house in Chapter 15?
(a) Jack.
(b) The chief and commissioner.
(c) The Truth School killer.
(d) Jill.

15. Whose murder is depicted on the videotape received by the media company?
(a) Senator Fitzpatrick.
(b) The President.
(c) The reporter.
(d) The magazine editor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kevin Hawkins' target when his character is first introduced?

2. Why is Cross fascinated with the Truth School principal?

3. Who foils the kidnapping attempt that occurs in a public place?

4. Who is the celebrity speaker at a party in which Jack and Jill plan to enact their second murder?

5. What clue remnant does Cross find near the school crime scene after the first murder?

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