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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 awakens Cross at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Jack.
(b) Jill.
(c) John Sampson.
(d) Sam Johnson.

2. Who investigates the Truth School killings?
(a) Alex alone.
(b) The chief himself.
(c) The media.
(d) Off-duty officers who live in the neighborhood.

3. At what public place does a foiled kidnapping attempt occur?
(a) At a school.
(b) In a pediatrician's office.
(c) On a playground.
(d) In a mall.

4. Who pushes Cross at the crime seen where Natalie Sheehan was killed?
(a) The commissioner.
(b) Johnson.
(c) An unknown man.
(d) Pittman.

5. Who pushes the police chief against the wall at the crime scene where Natalie Sheehan was killed?
(a) Cross.
(b) An unknown man.
(c) Pittman.
(d) A waiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapon is used in the attack on the little girl in Chapter 1?

2. Who do Cross and his partner chase across a courtyard as they investigate the school killings?

3. What is the name of the principal from the Truth School?

4. Where does Cross' son attend school?

5. Which installment in Patterson's Alex Cross series is this book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the investigator work the Truth School murder case in his spare time? Who encourages him to do so?

2. Who assigns the major investigator in this book to the Jack and Jill case, and why?

3. What troubles the major investigator in this novel about the Truth School case?

4. Who is the celebrity speaker at a function where Jack and Jill get their second victim? Could this speaker have been the second victim? Why or why not?

5. What is the name of the federal agent who is always first on the scene of the Jack and Jill murder scenes? Why does the investigator immediately rule this agent out as a suspect?

6. Who is the first Jack and Jill victim in this novel, and why is the first victim so important?

7. Who foils a kidnapping attempt at an area mall, and what is ironic about the attempt?

8. Who is the major investigator in Jack and Jill? How is he important to Patterson's series?

9. Which law enforcement agency employs the major investigator in this novel? Is he well-liked by his supervisor?

10. Who watches the President sneak out of the White House, and why is it so dangerous?

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