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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 sees the killer at Cross' home?
2. What was the occupation of the Truth School killer's father?
3. Who travels to New York with the President?
4. Who calls the White House to speak to the President, able to dodge all security checks?
5. Who is the hero after the capture of the Truth School killer?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the Truth School killer want to talk with the investigator?
2. Why is the general's son a threat to Jack?
3. Why does the President decide to honor all of his scheduled appearances? Is this vanity or valor, and why?
4. What is unusual about Jill's phone call to the President?
5. Why does the Truth School killer have abandonment issues?
6. How does the investigator arrange a situation in which he could take down the Truth School killer? Explain this reasoning.
7. Why is the general who is killed a threat to Jack?
8. Why do investigators first assume that Hawkins missed his true target in the Kennedy Center?
9. How do investigators of the Kennedy Center killing confirm that the hit man indeed killed the right target? Why was this victim targeted?
10. Why does the Secret Service continue moving the President through the tunnel against the investigator's advice?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is a motif in literature? After defining the term, select a motif from Jack and Jill and discuss it in detail.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Define symbolism. Discuss fathers as a symbol in Jack and Jill. How does this symbol relate to the story? Why is this an important aspect of symbolism in the novel?
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