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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 does Harry's wife think he is working on?
2. What is Caitlin using to find out information about the 1929 stock market crash?
3. Who does Hudon want to meet again?
4. What was Caitlin's father forced into?
5. What is Manning Rubin's occupation?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Carroll meets with Michael Chevron?
2. What takes place in Florida?
3. What does the recorded voice threaten?
4. What happens when David arrives at the hotel?
5. What happens Just before 5:30 on the morning of December 4th?
6. Why do the officials decide to suspend trading on Wall Street?
7. How do the American Intelligence agents get information back to Washington?
8. Why did Caitlin become a financial analyst?
9. Describe the meeting between Caitlin and IRA?
10. How does Trentkamp persuade Carroll to stay on the case?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Black Friday is part of the thriller genre and Patterson is a noted thriller writer.
1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?
2) In what way have Patterson's novels helped to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas employed in Black Friday?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the novel's chronological setting.
1) What were the main concerns during the 1980s. How does Patterson express these concerns?
2) In what ways do you think the novels meaning would change if it was set in today's society?
Essay Topic 3
How accurate is Patterson's representation of the authority figures in the book? Do you think any of the representations are too stereotypical? Why do so many of the leaders in the book have so few if any weaknesses?
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