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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. What route does the President take to deliver his New York speech?

2. What disturbance occurs while the President is on stage in New York?

3. What is the promise or threat that the President gets from the phone call that dodges White House security?

4. Why do some law enforcement officials believe the Jack and Jill killings are over?

5. Who does the Truth School killer ask for by name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the general's son a threat to Jack?

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

3. Why does the Truth School killer have a seizure, and why is this information important to the 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 do investigators first assume that Hawkins missed his true target in the Kennedy Center?

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

7. Why does the Secret Service continue moving the President through the tunnel against the investigator's advice?

8. Why doesn't the message board censor go directly to police with the information when it first starts appearing?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the difference between static and dynamic characters. Identify the static and dynamic characters of this novel and explain how each of them fit the category to which you have assigned them.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Cross as the protagonist of this book. What is the definition of a protagonist? What characteristics does a protagonist usually have? Does Cross exemplify those qualities? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What is the difference between conflict and crisis in a novel? How are they similar? Relate the differences and similarities, specifically to Jack and Jill.

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