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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 CIA assassin that Cross suspects as part of the Jack and Jill killings?
(a) Jack Rosen.
(b) Sam Johnson.
(c) Paul Smith.
(d) Kevin Hawkins.

2. Why do some law enforcement officials believe the Jack and Jill killings are over?
(a) Kevin is captured and has confessed everything.
(b) They were both captured.
(c) Jill is dead and Jack is captured.
(d) The poem says so.

3. Who does Cross visit when he has trouble sleeping?
(a) Christine.
(b) Jill.
(c) Heather.
(d) Nana Mama.

4. Who sees the specific information that is communicated regarding the Truth School killings?
(a) A cafeteria lady.
(b) A baker.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A censor.

5. Who is the hero after the capture of the Truth School killer?
(a) Danny.
(b) Christine.
(c) George.
(d) Cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the President scheduled to speak during his New York visit?

2. What do law enforcement officials discover about the murder victim at the Kennedy Center?

3. What question remains in Cross' mind after a gunman is found dead in the tunnel where the President escaped?

4. While Cross' investigation of the Jack and Jill killings heats up, who investigates the school killings?

5. Whose home does Jack sneak into in a way that is NOT characteristic of his typical murders?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Truth School killer have abandonment issues?

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

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

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

5. How do investigators of the Kennedy Center killing confirm that the hit man indeed killed the right target? Why was this victim targeted?

6. Why is the general who is killed a threat to Jack?

7. Why does the President decide to honor all of his scheduled appearances? Is this vanity or valor, and why?

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

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

10. Where is Roosevelt Military Academy located? Name two reasons it is important to this novel.

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