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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. While Cross' investigation of the Jack and Jill killings heats up, who investigates the school killings?

2. After the Kennedy Center killing, where do investigators begin to search for suspects?

3. Who spots a kid hanging around the school and sends him away?

4. Who is killed at the Kennedy Center?

5. Where is the Truth School killer hiding?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the Secret Service continue moving the President through the tunnel against the investigator's advice?

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

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

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

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

7. How does the investigator arrange a situation in which he could take down the Truth School killer? Explain this reasoning.

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

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

10. How does the killer respond when the message board censor removes vivid postings regarding the Truth School murders?

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 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

Name and define the five types of conflict. Which conflict prevailed in Jack and Jill? Could the conflict have been categorized as another type? If so, which and why? If not, defend your response.

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