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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is a little girl lured into talking with a stranger in Chapter 1?

2. Who helps keep Cross focused on the right priorities?

3. Who is Kevin Hawkins' target when his character is first introduced?

4. What is the previously unheard rumor that Cross receives regarding the school killer?

5. Who has a plan that seems to involve the President?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chop-it-off-Charlie die, and what do police superiors decide due to his death?

2. 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?

3. What is the first lead that investigators follow in the Truth School killings, and why does it seem like a good place to begin investigating?

4. What clue is intentionally left behind at the first Jack and Jill murder scene, and what role does it seem to play in the case?

5. What actually kills the victim in Kevin Hawkins' first attack? What does this foreshadow?

6. Who is the major investigator in Jack and Jill? How is he important to Patterson's series?

7. Who is the second victim of the Truth School killer, and what does his death say about the killer?

8. What element is missing from the Jack and Jill murders that the investigator has seen in other serial killings? What leads the investigator to this conclusion?

9. What happens when investigators approach a man who is known as Chop-it-off-Charlie, and why does this seem to be an admission of guilt?

10. Why does the investigator work the Truth School murder case in his spare time? Who encourages him to do so?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the life of the author. Who wrote this novel? What is his background? List his other published works and anything special about this book in relation to others the author may have written.

Essay Topic 2

Define the different points of view in literature and discuss the point/s of view from which Jack and Jill is written.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the tone of Jack and Jill. How does the author reveal the tone, and from whose point of view? Is the tone consistent throughout the book or does it seem to fluctuate? Include examples from the story with your discussion.

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