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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is a little girl lured into talking with a stranger in Chapter 1?
(a) With the offer of candy.
(b) With the offer of cotton candy.
(c) With the offer of balloons.
(d) With the offer of money for a carousel ride.

2. What does Cross learn at the White House meeting?
(a) That the President is cheating on his wife.
(b) That Jack and Jill called to tell the Secret Service about their next murder.
(c) That the President has been killed.
(d) That the school principal is the President's daughter.

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

4. Where does the suspect chased by Cross and his partner try to go when cornered?
(a) Into a crowd.
(b) Over a large fence.
(c) Through a window.
(d) Across to another roof.

5. Who has always been first on the scene of the Jack and Jill murders?
(a) The President.
(b) The principal.
(c) Cross.
(d) Jay Grayer.

6. What is unusual to see in Cross' neighborhood?
(a) A trash can.
(b) A balloon.
(c) Candy vendors.
(d) A white face.

7. Where does Cross' son attend school?
(a) The Sojourner Truth School.
(b) George Washington University.
(c) Georgetown.
(d) Arlington Public Schools.

8. What is the real name of the character who actively fulfills the role of Jill in the murders?
(a) Sara Rosen.
(b) Sarah Johnson.
(c) Sarah Green.
(d) Sara Nana.

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

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

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

12. What is the name of the principal from the Truth School?
(a) Mary Johnson.
(b) Natalie Johnson.
(c) Johnnie Smith.
(d) Christine Johnson.

13. 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.

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

15. Who searches the crime scene where Natalie Sheehan was killed?
(a) The chief.
(b) The commissioner.
(c) Cross.
(d) The secret service.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the President's name?

2. What does the reader know in Chapter 1 about the mindset of the child killer?

3. Who do Cross and his partner chase across a courtyard as they investigate the school killings?

4. What is Kevin Hawkins' illegal role in the book?

5. Where is the little girl killed in Chapter 1?

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