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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 of the killers makes way into the President's entourage in New York?

2. When does Cross learn about Jill's death?

3. Where does Cross move his family to after receiving several hangup phone calls?

4. What is the name of Christine's husband?

5. Who is killed at the Kennedy Center?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the plan that Jack will use to kill the President.

2. What is unusual about the Truth School killer's attempt to enter the investigator's home? What does this show about the killer?

3. Where is Roosevelt Military Academy located? Name two reasons it is important to this novel.

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

5. Why does the President decide to honor all of his scheduled appearances? Is this vanity or valor, and why?

6. How do investigators of the Kennedy Center killing confirm that the hit man indeed killed the right target? Why was this victim targeted?

7. What do investigators discover when they go to the message board subscriber's home? What does their finding imply?

8. Why does the Truth School killer want to talk with the investigator?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

What is the difference between conflict and crisis in a novel? How are they similar? Relate the differences and similarities, specifically to Jack and Jill.

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