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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 carrying false FBI credentials at the President's New York speech?

2. Who is the CIA assassin that Cross suspects as part of the Jack and Jill killings?

3. What happens to the killer after he shoots his hostage?

4. Who escapes through the Holland Tunnel after the President's New York speech is interrupted?

5. Which of the killers makes way into the President's entourage in New York?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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

Explain the difference between static and dynamic characters. Identify the static and dynamic characters of this novel and explain how each of them fit the category to which you have assigned them.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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