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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. Who has always called the police to report the Jack and Jill murders?
(a) Jay Grayer.
(b) The President.
(c) Cross.
(d) Various people.

2. What is Kevin Hawkins' legal job?
(a) Escort.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Criminal investigator.
(d) Photojournalist.

3. Who pushes the police chief against the wall at the crime scene where Natalie Sheehan was killed?
(a) An unknown man.
(b) Pittman.
(c) A waiter.
(d) Cross.

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

5. Where is Natalie Sheehan killed?
(a) At the Jefferson Hotel.
(b) At the school.
(c) In her office.
(d) At the Waldorf Astoria.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the first victim of Jack and Jill?

3. Who was the first murder victim at the school and left in plain view?

4. Which installment in Patterson's Alex Cross series is this book?

5. How many murder cases does Cross investigate in this book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the main investigator in this book like about the school principal? How does she bridge the gap between rich and poor?

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

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

4. What role does the major detective in this novel play in the investigation of the Truth School killings, and what is unusual about his role?

5. How does Chop-it-off-Charlie die, and what do police superiors decide due to his death?

6. What information does the investigator learn at his first White House task force meeting that is key to his investigation?

7. What is unusual about Kevin Hawkins' first attack in the story? How does it foreshadow events in the book?

8. How do Jack and Jill attack their first victim, and why is this attack important?

9. 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?

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

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