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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. To which group does Jack's old friend belong?
(a) Sigma Phi Kappa fraternity.
(b) Mensa.
(c) The Masonic Lodge.
(d) The Jack and Jill task force.

2. What assumption does Cross make from the phone call that the President receives?
(a) That Jack or Jill is someone close to the President.
(b) That the ransom note will be found soon.
(c) That the woman making the call is depressed.
(d) That the man making the call has a nervous condition.

3. How many shots are fired during the President's appearance in New York?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. What is on the new suspect's bed when investigators go to his house?
(a) A poem.
(b) The dead girl's shirt.
(c) A diary.
(d) A bullet.

5. Why does Jack need to kill his old friend?
(a) His friend wants part of the action.
(b) To keep his own identity secret.
(c) He was hired to do so.
(d) To use his last bullet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What route does the President take to deliver his New York speech?

2. Who sees the killer at Cross' home?

3. Who does the Truth School killer shoot first at the Johnson residence?

4. Who is killed at the Kennedy Center?

5. Who knocks on the principal's door at her house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. Discuss why Hawkins is so confident at Madison Square Garden.

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

9. Why do Jack and Jill get another person to act as hit man in one of their murders?

10. Discuss when the investigator realizes the plan and his reaction.

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