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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jack trying to contact when he is accosted?
(a) Wife.
(b) Sister.
(c) Boss.
(d) Mother.

2. What connection begins to emerge between cases?
(a) Address book.
(b) Diary.
(c) Comic strip.
(d) Poetry.

3. What is the Baltimore cop's connection to Jack's case?
(a) He was framed for conspiracy.
(b) He was denied a pension.
(c) His partner was killed.
(d) He was shot in the back.

4. What is the name of the lead detective in the case of the murdered boy?
(a) McEvoy.
(b) Russell.
(c) Franklin.
(d) Washington.

5. The first piece of literature found relates to which famous story?
(a) Murder on the Orient Express.
(b) Fall of the House of Usher.
(c) Four and Twenty Blackbirds.
(d) The Telltale Heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Gladden apologize?

2. What is the reaction of the attacker when Jack makes the statement?

3. Jack flies to Washington DC to go to which facility?

4. In what major US city does the majority of the story take place?

5. What was the first name of the victim?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Jack and Legs meet? Where do the men go and why?

2. Jack is able to make a tenuous connection to Warren. What is the connection?

3. In the opening chapter, Jack McEvoy learns something disturbing about his twin bother. What is the news and how did it happen?

4. What happened after the case had been pursued doggedly for two weeks?

5. The Theresa Lofton case is compared to a similar murder case of the 1940s. What are the similar details?

6. What happens when Jack arrives in Washington DC?

7. Jack has a flash back to a previous time. What was the situation between Jack and Sean?

8. How did the media react to Sean's boycott?

9. Chapter 13 begins with Gladden connecting to the PTL club network. What message does Gladden receive? What message does he post in return?

10. Explain the scene at the pier when the police attempt to apprehend Gladden. What happens to Gladden?

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