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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. What question remains in Cross' mind after a gunman is found dead in the tunnel where the President escaped?

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

3. To which group does Jack's old friend belong?

4. What disturbance occurs while the President is on stage in New York?

5. How many New York City police officers greet the President at the airport?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is the general's son a threat to Jack?

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

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

8. 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?

9. What is the theme of the Truth School killer, and how does it explain his motive?

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

Irony is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. There are three types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. Identify and discuss two examples of irony in the book. Which type of irony is it? What is expected and what actually occurs with your examples?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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