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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. Where do Sean and his wife live?

2. What is the name of the murdered boy?

3. What is the name of the author?

4. What is the name of the department that captures Gladden?

5. What is the name of Jack's direct supervisor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack hope to accomplish while he is in Chicago? What information is uncovered?

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

3. What is Washington's reaction when he learns Jack's back story? How is the incident smoothed over?

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

5. What happens when Jack arrives in Washington DC?

6. How could it be determined when and if it would happen to a certain cop?

7. How does Legs act when Jack tells the whole story?

8. Discuss Jack's trip to Chicago. Why is Chicago special to Jack? Why has Jack flown to the Windy City?

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

10. What was the interaction between Sean and the media at that time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of chemical "enhancers" in each case. Why would the Poet find it necessary to drug his victims? What type of drug was used? What was the effect? Did the drug contribute to each victim's death? How was the drug administered? How was the drug detected? Did the presence of the drug give any type of lead to the FBI?

Essay Topic 2

Would the story have had a different impact if the killer had used quotes from another poet? What other kinds of clues might the killer decide to leave at the scene of the crime? Discuss well known cases in which the killer left obvious or cryptic clues. Were the clues ever deciphered? Did the clues help to solve the case?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Rachel Walling's personal and professional lives. What prompted Walling to go into law enforcement? What other family members were involved in the profession? What tragedy happened when Walling was a child? What branch of law enforcement was Walling's first choice? Discuss Walling's tenure at the FBI and how it also affected her personal life.

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