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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 is shot and killed when the President's New York speech is interrupted?
2. What decision does the President make, disregarding Cross' previous advice?
3. Who kills Jill?
4. Who is the hero after the capture of the Truth School killer?
5. While Cross' investigation of the Jack and Jill killings heats up, who investigates the school killings?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the theme of the Truth School killer, and how does it explain his motive?
2. Why does the President decide to honor all of his scheduled appearances? Is this vanity or valor, and why?
3. Why does the Truth School killer have a seizure, and why is this information important to the novel?
4. 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?
5. Why is the general who is killed a threat to Jack?
6. What is unusual about the Truth School killer's attempt to enter the investigator's home? What does this show about the killer?
7. Explain the plan that Jack will use to kill the President.
8. Why do Jack and Jill get another person to act as hit man in one of their murders?
9. Why does the Truth School killer want to talk with the investigator?
10. What does Jack's killing of the general and his son show about his character?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
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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