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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 makes arrangements for an investigation into the Truth School killings?
(a) The principal.
(b) The commissioner.
(c) Alex.
(d) The chief.

2. Who has always been first on the scene of the Jack and Jill murders?
(a) Cross.
(b) The principal.
(c) The President.
(d) Jay Grayer.

3. What warning do police receive from the videotaped murder?
(a) The commissioner is the next victim.
(b) Not to look for the killers.
(c) The killing will continue.
(d) They are next.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the voices on the videotaped murder recorded?

2. After observing Cross and his children, who is agitated that Cross is such a good father?

3. What do Cross and Christine discuss after talking about the new lead he just got in Part 3 regarding the school killings?

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

5. Who gives Cross souvenirs for his children?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the second victim of the Truth School killer, and what does his death say about the killer?

3. Which news media company receives a taped version of Jack and Jill's first murder? What is important about the tape?

4. Who foils a kidnapping attempt at an area mall, and what is ironic about the attempt?

5. What actually kills the victim in Kevin Hawkins' first attack? What does this foreshadow?

6. Who assigns the major investigator in this book to the Jack and Jill case, and why?

7. What is important about the age and gender of the first Truth School victim?

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

9. 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?

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

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