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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What assumption does Cross make from the phone call that the President receives?
(a) That the man making the call has a nervous condition.
(b) That the ransom note will be found soon.
(c) That Jack or Jill is someone close to the President.
(d) That the woman making the call is depressed.

2. What question remains in Cross' mind after a gunman is found dead in the tunnel where the President escaped?
(a) If the President's wife is actually Jill.
(b) Whether Hawkins was really Jack.
(c) Whether the dead woman was Jill.
(d) Whether the President will live or die.

3. Why do some law enforcement officials believe the Jack and Jill killings are over?
(a) They were both captured.
(b) Jill is dead and Jack is captured.
(c) Kevin is captured and has confessed everything.
(d) The poem says so.

4. What route does the President take to deliver his New York speech?
(a) A back door.
(b) The Brooklyn Bridge.
(c) An underground tunnel.
(d) A service elevator.

5. Who is shot and killed when the President's New York speech is interrupted?
(a) The President.
(b) Sampson.
(c) Hawkins.
(d) Jack.

6. Who spots a kid hanging around the school and sends him away?
(a) Christine.
(b) Mrs. Rosen.
(c) Mama Nana.
(d) Jill.

7. Who escapes through the Holland Tunnel after the President's New York speech is interrupted?
(a) Jack.
(b) Sampson.
(c) Hawkins.
(d) The President.

8. Why does the killer have to choose who to shoot next after taking his hostage?
(a) Because he likes the drama of flipping a coin.
(b) Because he has a superstition about killing more than one person per location.
(c) Because he only has one bullet.
(d) Because of the way the hostage and Cross are positioned in the room.

9. After the Kennedy Center killing, where do investigators begin to search for suspects?
(a) People who had been fired by the Secret Service.
(b) The pool of CIA hit men.
(c) Foreign embassies.
(d) Readers of The Catcher and the Rye.

10. Why does Jack need to kill his old friend?
(a) He was hired to do so.
(b) His friend wants part of the action.
(c) To keep his own identity secret.
(d) To use his last bullet.

11. Where does Cross move his family to after receiving several hangup phone calls?
(a) The Waldorf Astoria.
(b) To the principal's house.
(c) To his aunt's home across town.
(d) Nowhere.

12. What is the name of the Truth School killer?
(a) Danny Boudreaux.
(b) Alex Sampson.
(c) Sumner Moore.
(d) Damen Cross.

13. To which group does Jack's old friend belong?
(a) The Masonic Lodge.
(b) Mensa.
(c) The Jack and Jill task force.
(d) Sigma Phi Kappa fraternity.

14. Who does Cross visit when he has trouble sleeping?
(a) Heather.
(b) Nana Mama.
(c) Christine.
(d) Jill.

15. Who is the hero after the capture of the Truth School killer?
(a) George.
(b) Christine.
(c) Danny.
(d) Cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the communications regarding the Truth School killings are removed?

2. What happens to the killer after he shoots his hostage?

3. What does Cross listen to after the President gets the phone call that dodges White House security ?

4. Over which presidential retreat do Jack and Jill fly?

5. Why is Sampson at Cross' house when he returns from chasing a suspect?

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