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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. Why does Jack kill a young boy?
(a) By accident.
(b) It was part of the arrangement.
(c) For fun.
(d) He witnessed a murder.
2. Who sees the specific information that is communicated regarding the Truth School killings?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A baker.
(c) A censor.
(d) A cafeteria lady.
3. What was the occupation of the Truth School killer's father?
(a) Unemployed.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Drug dealer.
(d) Cop.
4. What is the promise or threat that the President gets from the phone call that dodges White House security?
(a) That if he does not pardon a man, he will be killed next.
(b) The best time of his life.
(c) That his assassination is already set in stone.
(d) That his wife's lover will be killed next.
5. What do Jack and Jill discuss as they fly over a presidential retreat?
(a) Their upcoming vacation.
(b) How to escape.
(c) Their next murder.
(d) New identities.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to the killer after he shoots his hostage?
2. Who does Jack meet in his own hotel room that he hugs?
3. Where does Cross move his family to after receiving several hangup phone calls?
4. Who does the Truth School principal watch the news with at her home?
5. Who is initially indicated as the suspected Truth School killer based on evidence reported from the specific communications?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do investigators first assume that Hawkins missed his true target in the Kennedy Center?
2. Why does the Truth School killer want to talk with the investigator?
3. Briefly discuss the marital problems between the Johnsons. Why are these problems important to this novel?
4. 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?
5. Why does the Truth School killer have a seizure, and why is this information important to the novel?
6. Discuss why Hawkins is so confident at Madison Square Garden.
7. What is unusual about Jill's phone call to the President?
8. Why does the Truth School killer have abandonment issues?
9. What does Jack's killing of the general and his son show about his character?
10. What is the theme of the Truth School killer, and how does it explain his motive?
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