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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 believes the death of the chased suspect in previous chapters closes the Truth School case?
(a) The chief.
(b) The commissioner.
(c) The media.
(d) Cross.

2. What words best describe Cross' feelings about the Jack and Jill murders?
(a) Passionate and planned.
(b) Cold and calculated.
(c) Hurried and unprofessional.
(d) Whimsical and flighty.

3. How is a little girl lured into talking with a stranger in Chapter 1?
(a) With the offer of money for a carousel ride.
(b) With the offer of cotton candy.
(c) With the offer of candy.
(d) With the offer of balloons.

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

5. Which case is Cross instructed to focus on after the death of the chased suspect?
(a) The death of the little girl.
(b) The death of the chased suspect.
(c) The death of an unknown woman.
(d) The death of the senator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which child awakens Cross in Chapter 15?

2. Who watches Cross and his son take a walk?

3. If Jack and Jill's killing style has sexual undertones, what kind of killing style does the little girl's murderer exhibit?

4. At what public place does a foiled kidnapping attempt occur?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the name of the federal agent who is always first on the scene of the Jack and Jill murder scenes? Why does the investigator immediately rule this agent out as a suspect?

9. What are the code names for the President and first lady? Is this a coincidence? Why or why not?

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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