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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 is the name of the librarian often consulted by Jack?

2. The first piece of literature found relates to which famous story?

3. Gladden reads which author while waiting in his hotel room?

4. What acronym is used for the name of the brother's employer?

5. Gladden tries to retrieve which item from the police station?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the name of the lead investigator on the Smathers case? Where does the man work?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens when Washington finally gets in touch with Wexler? What is Wexler's reaction?

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

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

10. What happens when Jack arrives in Washington DC?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Jack's relationship with his parents. What could Jack do to repair the relationship? What caused the rift? Which side is right? What could Jack's parents do to improve the relationship with Jack? How did the parents relate to Sean and Riley?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Jack's initial involvement in the Poet case. What was the first thing that caused Jack to become involved? Was Jack involved for personal reasons, professional reasons or both? Was Sean aware of the case? How did Jack become involved with the FBI? What was the deal made with Backus? Why would the FBI make a deal with a reporter? Was the deal beneficial to either or both sides?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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