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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disturbance occurs while the President is on stage in New York?
(a) A heckler.
(b) A bomb detonates.
(c) A riot.
(d) A shooting spree.

2. 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 had been a member of the Secret Service in the past.
(d) She was the President's mistress.

3. Who does the Truth School killer hold for ransom?
(a) Cross' own children.
(b) A child from the school
(c) Cross.
(d) The principal.

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

5. What is the promise or threat that the President gets from the phone call that dodges White House security?
(a) That his assassination is already set in stone.
(b) The best time of his life.
(c) That if he does not pardon a man, he will be killed next.
(d) That his wife's lover will be killed next.

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

7. How is a person communicating specific information about the Truth School killings?
(a) On the Prodigy message board.
(b) On a social media site like MySpace or Facebook.
(c) On fliers distributed in the school's neighborhood.
(d) On fliers distributed at the school.

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

9. What causes the event that happens to the killer after he shoots his hostage?
(a) He accidentally shoots himself.
(b) He is chased.
(c) He has not taken his medication.
(d) He is scared.

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

11. When does Cross learn about Jill's death?
(a) The day after the President is shot.
(b) Two days after the President is shot.
(c) After the President is shot.
(d) Just before the President's speech is to begin.

12. Who is killed at the Kennedy Center?
(a) The President's girlfriend.
(b) The President's wife.
(c) The President himself.
(d) A Supreme Court Justice.

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

14. Why is the hit man forced to shoot sooner?
(a) The woman reports the gun to the Secret Service.
(b) The bullet falls out of the woman's purse.
(c) The woman sees the note and reads it.
(d) The woman spots the poem.

15. Who is the CIA assassin that Cross suspects as part of the Jack and Jill killings?
(a) Jack Rosen.
(b) Kevin Hawkins.
(c) Paul Smith.
(d) Sam Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is dropped into a woman's bag at the Kennedy Center?

3. Who spots a kid hanging around the school and sends him away?

4. After the Kennedy Center killing, where do investigators begin to search for suspects?

5. Why does Jack kill a young boy?

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