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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. Who does the Truth School principal watch the news with at her home?

2. What is Jill found holding when her body is discovered?

3. Why does the killer have to choose who to shoot next after taking his hostage?

4. What does the item held by Jill reveal to investigators?

5. Who kills Jill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the general who is killed a threat to Jack?

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

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

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

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

6. Why do investigators first assume that Hawkins missed his true target in the Kennedy Center?

7. Why doesn't the message board censor go directly to police with the information when it first starts appearing?

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

9. What does the note on the President's flowers sent to him at the New York hotel say, and why is the note so alarming?

10. What is unusual about Jill's phone call to the President?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss family as a theme in the novel. Who demonstrates the importance of family? Who detests the role of family? What connection to the family theme do the Jack and Jill killings have?

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