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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. Which nearby school does an investigator visit to see if any teachers witnessed anything unusual around the time of the Truth School killings?
(a) Truth Sojourner School.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt Military Academy.
(c) Georgetown School of Performing Arts.
(d) George Washington School of Arts.

2. What disturbance occurs while the President is on stage in New York?
(a) A shooting spree.
(b) A bomb detonates.
(c) A heckler.
(d) A riot.

3. Who calls the White House to speak to the President, able to dodge all security checks?
(a) Jack.
(b) Cross.
(c) Christine.
(d) Jill.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While Cross' investigation of the Jack and Jill killings heats up, who investigates the school killings?

2. Who calls the Washington, DC police regarding the specific information about the Truth School killings?

3. What is the Vice President's name?

4. What advice does Cross give the President regarding public appearances?

5. What is dropped into a woman's bag at the Kennedy Center?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does the Truth School killer have abandonment issues?

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

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

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

9. What is the theme of the Truth School killer, and how does it explain his motive?

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

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