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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. What is the Secret Service's code name for the President?
(a) Jack.
(b) Bob.
(c) Alex.
(d) Clyde.
2. Why is Cross fascinated with the Truth School principal?
(a) She is 20 years younger than he is.
(b) She does not like children.
(c) She's out of place in the poor community.
(d) She wears lots of jewelry.
3. What is unusual to see in Cross' neighborhood?
(a) Candy vendors.
(b) A balloon.
(c) A white face.
(d) A trash can.
4. How is Cross awakened at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) His cell phone rings.
(b) By an alarm clock.
(c) A window is broken.
(d) With a knock at the door.
5. Who is the second Truth School student that is killed?
(a) Vernon Wheatley.
(b) Alex Jr.
(c) Wayne Vernon.
(d) Damien Cross.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which police department employs Cross?
2. Who believes the death of the chased suspect in previous chapters closes the Truth School case?
3. What is the President's name?
4. Who arrives at Cross' house in Chapter 15?
5. Where does the chase of a school killing suspect lead Cross and his partner?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which news media company receives a taped version of Jack and Jill's first murder? What is important about the tape?
2. What is the first lead that investigators follow in the Truth School killings, and why does it seem like a good place to begin investigating?
3. What is important about the age and gender of the first Truth School victim?
4. What are the code names for the President and first lady? Is this a coincidence? Why or why not?
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. 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?
7. Why do Jack and Jill release the taped version of their first killing?
8. What is the investigator's first impression of the President? How does his meeting with the President affect his investigation of the school killings?
9. According to Jack and Jill, what is their motive? What is similar about the first two Jack and Jill victims?
10. What happens when investigators approach a man who is known as Chop-it-off-Charlie, and why does this seem to be an admission of guilt?
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