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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 item had Jack left behind?

2. What was the profession of Walling's father?

3. Where was the item found?

4. Who seems to be the most upset about Rachel's budding personal attachment to Jack?

5. What is the name of the program once supported by Gladden and one of the victims?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Jack's immediate suspicions regarding the source of the story? What is learned about the reporter?

2. What is Gladden's plan for finding a place to hide out? What action does the plan require?

3. What is learned about Gladden through his attorney? How does Thorson react? What is the result of the confrontation?

4. After Jack learns that Rachel is gone, he devises a way to find her. What does Jack do to gain information?

5. How does Detective Thomas fit into the story? What is the link to Gladden?

6. What does Jack propose to Backus? What is the final decision on Jack's involvement in the case?

7. What happens when Jack arrives at the LAPD?

8. What news does Rachel receive from Thorson the next morning? What is the reaction of Jack, Rachel, and Glenn?

9. The Poet continues to use obscure quotes to taunt the agents. Discuss the Poet's reference to the rental car.

10. How had the sixth case stumped Jack? Why was the murder in Florida different from all the others?

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

It is noticed early on that the Poet used quotes from famous works by Edgar Allan Poe. Examine Poe's influence on the Poet and the murders, why the Poet chose Poe and how the connection was discovered. Were all of the quotes famous? What other poet might have worked as well as Poe? What does the choice say about the killer?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Jack and Sean McEvoy. How were the twins alike? In what ways were they the most different? Did the brothers have any special bond? Explain. Also discuss common facts and myths related to identical twins.

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