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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. What decision does the President make, disregarding Cross' previous advice?
(a) To keep his scheduled appearances.
(b) To take a long vacation.
(c) To divorce his wife.
(d) To move to Camp David.

2. Who does the Truth School killer ask for by name?
(a) Christine.
(b) George.
(c) Cross.
(d) Sampson.

3. What do Jack and Jill discuss as they fly over a presidential retreat?
(a) How to escape.
(b) New identities.
(c) Their next murder.
(d) Their upcoming vacation.

4. Why is the hit man forced to shoot sooner?
(a) The woman spots the poem.
(b) The woman sees the note and reads it.
(c) The bullet falls out of the woman's purse.
(d) The woman reports the gun to the Secret Service.

5. Who is sleeping on Cross' sun porch?
(a) The family's pit bull.
(b) Cross.
(c) Sampson.
(d) Nana Mama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Jill?

2. How is a person communicating specific information about the Truth School killings?

3. Why does the killer have to choose who to shoot next after taking his hostage?

4. After the Kennedy Center killing, where do investigators begin to search for suspects?

5. Who is killed at the Kennedy Center?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about the Truth School killer's attempt to enter the investigator's home? What does this show about the killer?

2. Explain the plan that Jack will use to kill the President.

3. Why doesn't the message board censor go directly to police with the information when it first starts appearing?

4. Why is the general's son a threat to Jack?

5. Why does the President decide to honor all of his scheduled appearances? Is this vanity or valor, and why?

6. What is unusual about Jill's phone call to the President?

7. Briefly discuss the marital problems between the Johnsons. Why are these problems important to this novel?

8. Why does the Truth School killer have a seizure, and why is this information important to the novel?

9. Where is Roosevelt Military Academy located? Name two reasons it is important to this novel.

10. What does Jack's killing of the general and his son show about his character?

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