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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. If Jack and Jill's killing style has sexual undertones, what kind of killing style does the little girl's murderer exhibit?
(a) Careful.
(b) Animalistic.
(c) Rushed.
(d) Realistic.

2. How is Cross awakened at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) With a knock at the door.
(b) By an alarm clock.
(c) A window is broken.
(d) His cell phone rings.

3. What is the name of the neighborhood child molester, in local rumors?
(a) Chop it Off Charlie.
(b) Wacky Wayne.
(c) Chester the Molester.
(d) Weirdo Wayne.

4. What, according to Cross, is missing from the Jack and Jill murders?
(a) Passion.
(b) A weapon.
(c) Clues.
(d) The victim.

5. What is the President's name?
(a) Abraham Thomas.
(b) Thomas Byrnes.
(c) George Byrnes.
(d) William J. Byrnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the little girl's killer say he hates in Chapter 1?

2. Who has a plan that seems to involve the President?

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

4. What is the name of the principal from the Truth School?

5. What words best describe Cross' feelings about the Jack and Jill murders?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. Why does the investigator work the Truth School murder case in his spare time? Who encourages him to do so?

10. Who is the first Jack and Jill victim in this novel, and why is the first victim so important?

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