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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is there concern when the President sneaks out of the White House?
(a) Because he breached White House security.
(b) Because of the high profile murders in the area.
(c) Because the media will ruin his career.
(d) Because his wife might find out.

2. Why do the killers in the videotaped murder say they are killing?
(a) They had family members murdered, too.
(b) To protect American morals.
(c) They are bored with American life.
(d) For fun.

3. What is the previously unheard rumor that Cross receives regarding the school killer?
(a) The principal is a suspect.
(b) Each kid is killed by a different killer.
(c) A homeless man was seen in the area before the first killing.
(d) An eyewitness saw a drug dealer kill the kid.

4. In which section of town does the child murder take place in Chapter 1?
(a) The poor section.
(b) The prostitute district.
(c) In the business district.
(d) The ritzy section.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the third Jack and Jill victim?

2. Which police department employs Cross?

3. How do Jack and Jill select their next victim?

4. Whose trail does the President easily shake when he sneaks out of the White House?

5. Why is Cross fascinated with the Truth School principal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who watches the President sneak out of the White House, and why is it so dangerous?

2. Who is the major investigator in Jack and Jill? How is he important to Patterson's series?

3. What does the Truth School killer see that makes him angry with the major investigator in this book, and what does it tell the reader early in the story?

4. Which law enforcement agency employs the major investigator in this novel? Is he well-liked by his supervisor?

5. Why do Jack and Jill release the taped version of their first killing?

6. What is the investigator's first impression of the President? How does his meeting with the President affect his investigation of the school killings?

7. Who is the celebrity speaker at a function where Jack and Jill get their second victim? Could this speaker have been the second victim? Why or why not?

8. Is the first murder by the Truth School killer as calculated as the first Jack and Jill murder? Why or why not?

9. Why aren't the Truth School killings a priority for the law enforcement agency? What does this seem to say about the police department?

10. What is the first lead that investigators follow in the Truth School killings, and why does it seem like a good place to begin investigating?

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