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

3. What is the name of the Truth School killer?

4. What route does the President take to deliver his New York speech?

5. How does the President receive a message from Jack and Jill in New York?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Discuss when the investigator realizes the plan and his reaction.

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

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

6. Why doesn't the message board censor go directly to police with the information when it first starts appearing?

7. What is unusual about Jill's phone call to the President?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motive of the Jack and Jill killers. How did their inside position help them in their mission to kill the President? What was there motive for killing him? Why did they murder others if their ultimate goal was the President?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Define the different points of view in literature and discuss the point/s of view from which Jack and Jill is written.

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