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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 do law enforcement officials discover about the murder victim at the Kennedy Center?
(a) She had been a member of the Secret Service in the past.
(b) She hated poetry.
(c) She was the President's mistress.
(d) She was Jill's sister.

2. Who does the Truth School killer ask for by name?
(a) Sampson.
(b) George.
(c) Christine.
(d) Cross.

3. What is Jill found holding when her body is discovered?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) A poem.
(d) A baby.

4. What causes the event that happens to the killer after he shoots his hostage?
(a) He accidentally shoots himself.
(b) He has not taken his medication.
(c) He is chased.
(d) He is scared.

5. What is the name of Christine's husband?
(a) John.
(b) Alex.
(c) George.
(d) Sumner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Cross give the President regarding public appearances?

2. Who kills Jill?

3. Which of the killers makes way into the President's entourage in New York?

4. When does Cross learn about Jill's death?

5. Why is Sampson at Cross' house when he returns from chasing a suspect?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Jack and Jill get another person to act as hit man in one of their murders?

2. What does the note on the President's flowers sent to him at the New York hotel say, and why is the note so alarming?

3. What is unusual about Jill's phone call to the President?

4. What do investigators discover when they go to the message board subscriber's home? What does their finding imply?

5. How does the investigator arrange a situation in which he could take down the Truth School killer? Explain this reasoning.

6. What is the theme of the Truth School killer, and how does it explain his motive?

7. Discuss when the investigator realizes the plan and his reaction.

8. Why does the Truth School killer want to talk with the investigator?

9. How does the killer respond when the message board censor removes vivid postings regarding the Truth School murders?

10. Why do investigators first assume that Hawkins missed his true target in the Kennedy Center?

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