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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. Gladden waits around for the delivery of which item?

2. What does Jack learn about a man named Horace?

3. What does PTL stand for in reference to Gladden's network?

4. Gladden reveals important information about himself in this section. The reader learns that Gladden has been:

5. The FBI has how many cases that currently match the Poet case?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack do with the phone numbers? What information does he find? What does Jack do next?

2. What happens when Jack arrives at the LAPD?

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

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

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

6. What is the basis of the discussion between Jack and Rachel at this point?

7. What do Backus, Jack and the agents discuss at the meeting? What vital piece of information is uncovered?

8. Why does Jack go to Quantico? Who does Jack meet? What is the general feeling of the meeting? How does Jack react?

9. What happens when Warren was confronted by Walling and Ford? What is the point of the meeting? What is the result of the confrontation?

10. How does Jack know Rachel is bluffing when she attempts to arrest him for theft?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How might the investigation have changed if Glenn had assigned the story of Sean's murder to Jack? Why did Glenn choose not to assign the story to Jack? Was it a wise move? Which of the reporters took over the story? Would the focus have remained the same if Jack had been the one writing it? Explain.

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

Explore the use of the Theresa Lofton case. Why was the case so important? What about the case captured the eye of the CAPs unit? What was Sean's opinion of the case? What was unusual about the girl's death? How did the case affect Sean? Did the case have anything to do with Sean's death? Explain. What was the final resolution regarding the case?

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