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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. Which installment in Patterson's Alex Cross series is this book?
2. What does Cross call his grandmother?
3. Whose murder is depicted on the videotape received by the media company?
4. Who is watching the President as he sneaks out of the White House to meet a lover?
5. How is Cross awakened at the beginning of Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the major investigator in Jack and Jill? How is he important to Patterson's series?
2. How do Jack and Jill attack their first victim, and why is this attack important?
3. What are the code names for the President and first lady? Is this a coincidence? Why or why not?
4. Who is the celebrity speaker at a function where Jack and Jill get their second victim? Could this speaker have been the second victim? Why or why not?
5. Who assigns the major investigator in this book to the Jack and Jill case, and why?
6. What troubles the major investigator in this novel about the Truth School case?
7. 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?
8. What actually kills the victim in Kevin Hawkins' first attack? What does this foreshadow?
9. What is the investigator's first impression of the President? How does his meeting with the President affect his investigation of the school killings?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Cross as the protagonist of this book. What is the definition of a protagonist? What characteristics does a protagonist usually have? Does Cross exemplify those qualities? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
What is a foil? Who is the foil of Jack and Jill? Discuss the character who provides the role of foil in this novel and discuss how he/she fulfills the role.
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