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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. In which section of town does the child murder take place in Chapter 1?
2. What White House meeting does Cross attend?
3. What is the name of the principal from the Truth School?
4. Where does the suspect chased by Cross and his partner try to go when cornered?
5. Who pushes the police chief against the wall at the crime scene where Natalie Sheehan was killed?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is the name of the federal agent who is always first on the scene of the Jack and Jill murder scenes? Why does the investigator immediately rule this agent out as a suspect?
3. What are the code names for the President and first lady? Is this a coincidence? Why or why not?
4. What information does the investigator learn at his first White House task force meeting that is key to his investigation?
5. Why is the investigator certain he will be fired when he arrives on the scene of the second Jack and Jill murder? What does the incident show the reader about his relationship with his boss?
6. Why do Jack and Jill release the taped version of their first killing?
7. What is important about the age and gender of the first Truth School victim?
8. Who is the major investigator in Jack and Jill? How is he important to Patterson's series?
9. Why does the investigator work the Truth School murder case in his spare time? Who encourages him to do so?
10. Which news media company receives a taped version of Jack and Jill's first murder? What is important about the tape?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the difference between tone and mood in works of literature? Discuss both tone and mood in Jack and Jill.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss foreshadowing and its importance in writing mystery or suspense novels. Select three memorable instances of foreshadowing from this story and write about them in detail. Why did those five instances stay on your mind?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the genre of Jack and Jill and the sub-genre category under which the novel falls. Is there another genre the novel might also be classified as? Support your answers.
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