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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. How is a person communicating specific information about the Truth School killings?
(a) On fliers distributed at the school.
(b) On the Prodigy message board.
(c) On fliers distributed in the school's neighborhood.
(d) On a social media site like MySpace or Facebook.

2. What does the President forbid Cross to do?
(a) Sleep in the Lincoln bedroom.
(b) Speak without an appointment.
(c) Put his enemies under surveillance.
(d) Come into the Oval Office.

3. Who is the CIA assassin that Cross suspects as part of the Jack and Jill killings?
(a) Jack Rosen.
(b) Kevin Hawkins.
(c) Paul Smith.
(d) Sam Johnson.

4. What is the Vice President's name?
(a) Stalone.
(b) Maroney.
(c) Mahoney.
(d) Malone.

5. Who sees the specific information that is communicated regarding the Truth School killings?
(a) A baker.
(b) A censor.
(c) A cafeteria lady.
(d) A teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do some law enforcement officials believe the Jack and Jill killings are over?

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

3. Where is the Truth School killer hiding?

4. Who sees the killer at Cross' home?

5. Who does the Truth School killer hold for ransom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Truth School killer want to talk with the investigator?

2. How does the killer respond when the message board censor removes vivid postings regarding the Truth School murders?

3. What do investigators discover when they go to the message board subscriber's home? What does their finding imply?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does the Secret Service continue moving the President through the tunnel against the investigator's advice?

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

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

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