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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose home does Jack sneak into in a way that is NOT characteristic of his typical murders?
2. What is the promise or threat that the President gets from the phone call that dodges White House security?
3. What is the name of Christine's husband?
4. Who does the Truth School killer shoot first at the Johnson residence?
5. Over which presidential retreat do Jack and Jill fly?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Jack and Jill get another person to act as hit man in one of their murders?
2. Discuss when the investigator realizes the plan and his reaction.
3. Why do investigators first assume that Hawkins missed his true target in the Kennedy Center?
4. Why is the general who is killed a threat to Jack?
5. Why does the Truth School killer want to talk with the investigator?
6. 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?
7. Where is Roosevelt Military Academy located? Name two reasons it is important to this novel.
8. Why is the general's son a threat to Jack?
9. Why doesn't the message board censor go directly to police with the information when it first starts appearing?
10. Why does the Truth School killer have a seizure, and why is this information important to the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define the different points of view in literature and discuss the point/s of view from which Jack and Jill is written.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the motive of the Jack and Jill killers. How did their inside position help them in their mission to kill the President? What was there motive for killing him? Why did they murder others if their ultimate goal was the President?
Essay Topic 3
Define symbolism. Discuss fathers as a symbol in Jack and Jill. How does this symbol relate to the story? Why is this an important aspect of symbolism in the novel?
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