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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes a day off to enjoy a luxury hotel while Cross is meeting with the White House group?
(a) Jack and Jill.
(b) Natalie and Jack.
(c) Christine and her husband.
(d) Cross.

2. Who makes arrangements for an investigation into the Truth School killings?
(a) The principal.
(b) The chief.
(c) The commissioner.
(d) Alex.

3. What is Cross' official job?
(a) Patrol officer.
(b) Secret Service protection.
(c) Fingerprint expert.
(d) Homicide investigator.

4. What is the name of the neighborhood child molester, in local rumors?
(a) Weirdo Wayne.
(b) Chop it Off Charlie.
(c) Wacky Wayne.
(d) Chester the Molester.

5. Which installment in Patterson's Alex Cross series is this book?
(a) Second.
(b) First.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Third.

6. What does Cross call his grandmother?
(a) Momsy.
(b) Mom.
(c) Mama Gran.
(d) Nana Mama.

7. What warning do police receive from the videotaped murder?
(a) They are next.
(b) The killing will continue.
(c) Not to look for the killers.
(d) The commissioner is the next victim.

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

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

10. Whose trail does the President easily shake when he sneaks out of the White House?
(a) Jill.
(b) Jack.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The Secret Service.

11. What does the little girl's killer say he hates in Chapter 1?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Carousels.
(c) Cotton candy.
(d) Children.

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

13. Who is Kevin Hawkins' target when his character is first introduced?
(a) A drug user.
(b) A businessman.
(c) The President.
(d) Cross.

14. What is Kevin Hawkins' legal job?
(a) Escort.
(b) Photojournalist.
(c) Criminal investigator.
(d) Lawyer.

15. Who kills high profile celebrities in this book?
(a) The Truth Killer.
(b) The President.
(c) Another police investigator.
(d) Jack and Jill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which case does Cross focus on during his typical work hours?

2. In which section of town does the child murder take place in Chapter 1?

3. What do Cross and Christine discuss after talking about the new lead he just got in Part 3 regarding the school killings?

4. Who pushes Cross at the crime seen where Natalie Sheehan was killed?

5. Who believes the death of the chased suspect in previous chapters closes the Truth School case?

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