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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. In what major US city does the majority of the story take place?

2. Where does Gladden go when he tries to hide from the police?

3. What is the name of the cop bar visited by the brothers?

4. What is the name of Gladden's attorney?

5. The first piece of literature found relates to which famous story?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the media react to Sean's boycott?

2. Who were the news bearers? How were they related to Sean? Where did they work?

3. What does Jack hope to accomplish while he is in Chicago? What information is uncovered?

4. What is the name of the lead investigator on the Smathers case? Where does the man work?

5. What is Riley's reaction when she learns that Sean is dead? What common opinion does Riley share with Jack?

6. What happens when Jack arrives in Washington DC?

7. How could it be determined when and if it would happen to a certain cop?

8. What are the first suspicions that Jack has about the case? Do Wexler and St. Louis confirm Jack's theory?

9. The Theresa Lofton case is compared to a similar murder case of the 1940s. What are the similar details?

10. What was the interaction between Sean and the media at that time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gladden was part of a large network of people that exploited children. Do such networks exist? If so, how is it possible? Can the networks be detected by technology? Are the networks online? How can children be protected from the network and the people that belong to it? Why is the network illegal? How can the police trace the network's activities? How can such networks be stopped or prevented? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

One of the early suspects in the Poet case is Gladden. Discuss Gladden's involvement in the case. Why was Gladden a suspect? Was Gladden found guilty? What crimes did Gladden commit? How were the crimes uncovered? Who did the crimes involve? Who knew about Gladden's illegal activities? How did the police uncover Gladden's sickness?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Rachel Walling's personal and professional lives. What prompted Walling to go into law enforcement? What other family members were involved in the profession? What tragedy happened when Walling was a child? What branch of law enforcement was Walling's first choice? Discuss Walling's tenure at the FBI and how it also affected her personal life.

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