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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sampson at Cross' house when he returns from chasing a suspect?
(a) He has good news for him.
(b) He wants to take him to dinner.
(c) To pick him up for the weekly poker game.
(d) Threats have been made on the Cross family.

2. Law enforcement officials thought the murder at the Kennedy Center could have been a mistake. Who did they suspect was the real target of the attack?
(a) The President's girlfriend.
(b) The President's wife.
(c) The Supreme Court Justice.
(d) The President.

3. Who calls the Washington, DC police regarding the specific information about the Truth School killings?
(a) The censor's supervisor.
(b) The cafeteria supervisor.
(c) The principal.
(d) The baker himself.

4. What does Cross listen to after the President gets the phone call that dodges White House security ?
(a) A recording of the call that was received by the President.
(b) The commissioner rant about the case not being solved.
(c) Sirens outside his bedroom window.
(d) The President's State of the Union speech.

5. What is on the new suspect's bed when investigators go to his house?
(a) A bullet.
(b) A poem.
(c) The dead girl's shirt.
(d) A diary.

6. What decision does the President make, disregarding Cross' previous advice?
(a) To take a long vacation.
(b) To move to Camp David.
(c) To keep his scheduled appearances.
(d) To divorce his wife.

7. Who sees the killer at Cross' home?
(a) Cross.
(b) Sampson.
(c) No one.
(d) Nana Mama.

8. Who travels to New York with the President?
(a) Christine.
(b) Cross.
(c) Mrs. Johnson.
(d) Sampson.

9. Where is the Truth School killer hiding?
(a) In his foster parents' attic.
(b) At the principal's house.
(c) In the Sumner home.
(d) In Cross' garage.

10. Which nearby school does an investigator visit to see if any teachers witnessed anything unusual around the time of the Truth School killings?
(a) Truth Sojourner School.
(b) George Washington School of Arts.
(c) Georgetown School of Performing Arts.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt Military Academy.

11. Who knocks on the principal's door at her house?
(a) A strange man.
(b) Jack.
(c) A 13-year-old boy.
(d) An old woman.

12. Over which presidential retreat do Jack and Jill fly?
(a) The Air Force Base in New Zealand.
(b) A specific hotel in Tahiti.
(c) Camp David.
(d) The Waldorf Astoria in New York.

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

14. How many New York City police officers greet the President at the airport?
(a) About 150.
(b) More than 300.
(c) About 50.
(d) More than 450.

15. What do law enforcement officials discover about the murder victim at the Kennedy Center?
(a) She was Jill's sister.
(b) She hated poetry.
(c) She was the President's mistress.
(d) She had been a member of the Secret Service in the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jack need to kill his old friend?

2. To which group does Jack's old friend belong?

3. Who escapes through the Holland Tunnel after the President's New York speech is interrupted?

4. Why is the hit man forced to shoot sooner?

5. How many times is the President shot?

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