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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 is the first victim of Jack and Jill?
(a) A DC socialite.
(b) Senator Daniel Fitzpatrick.
(c) The elementary school principal.
(d) The President.

2. Why is Cross fascinated with the Truth School principal?
(a) She does not like children.
(b) She wears lots of jewelry.
(c) She is 20 years younger than he is.
(d) She's out of place in the poor community.

3. Which media company receives a videotape depicting a murder?
(a) CBS.
(b) NBC.
(c) CNN.
(d) ABC.

4. What is the President's name?
(a) William J. Byrnes.
(b) George Byrnes.
(c) Abraham Thomas.
(d) Thomas Byrnes.

5. Who thinks the Truth School killer might be a beginner?
(a) The chief.
(b) Jack.
(c) John.
(d) Alex.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Jack and Jill select their next victim?

2. How is Cross awakened at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

4. Who pushes the police chief against the wall at the crime scene where Natalie Sheehan was killed?

5. What is the name of the neighborhood child molester, in local rumors?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Chop-it-off-Charlie die, and what do police superiors decide due to his death?

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

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

5. What does the main investigator in this book like about the school principal? How does she bridge the gap between rich and poor?

6. 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?

7. Why aren't the Truth School killings a priority for the law enforcement agency? What does this seem to say about the police department?

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

9. How do Jack and Jill attack their first victim, and why is this attack important?

10. What element is missing from the Jack and Jill murders that the investigator has seen in other serial killings? What leads the investigator to this conclusion?

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