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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. How many total athletes has the terrorist group threatened to kill if their demands are not met?

2. As David is struggling to absorb the information he has learned about Nick and Elena's deaths, he drives home. What does David find in his driveway?

3. How much are the hoodlums who meet the Weapons Expert and the Medic in the Red Square paid for their part in the terrorist plot?

4. After the Olympics are taken over by terrorists, who meets at noon in the Kremlin?

5. After escaping from the room where the athletes are being held hostage, whom do Alix and David run into in the hallway?

Short Essay Questions

1. What unnerves David as he is reading the prepared sheets about the Moscow Olympic Village?

2. When Alix finally communicates with David after escaping the dragnet set up to catch her, what does she tell David?

3. As the terrorist group assembles and enters the Olympic Village, what does the Fuhrer tell Alix?

4. What does David realize about Alix as he listens to her explanation of why his wife, grandmother, and brother were all killed on Benjamin's orders?

5. What do the two visitors who arrive at David's home ask him to do?

6. What is the pledge of the terrorist group?

7. Why does David chase the Soldier after seeing him near the Olympic Village?

8. What images does Alix relive in her mind as she walks and tries to clear her head in the morning the attacks are to begin?

9. Why is David surprised when the Soldier takes him to meet the Fuhrer and the Fuhrer turns out to be Benjamin Rabinowitz?

10. Why do the broadcasters report that there is hope in Moscow as the terrorists' deadline nears?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the healer David at the beginning of the book - the doctor whose goal is to make people well. What is his motivation? What drives him? Then, discuss the vengeful David in the middle of the book - the man who seeks to become a great Nazi hunter. What is his motivation? What drives him? How do the events that happen between these two personalities change David from the healer to the vengeance-seeker? Who is David at the end of the book? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The terrorists use several different tactics to tell the world that the Fourth Reich is coming soon.

a. Identify three tactics used by the terrorists to announce their presence.

b. For each tactic identified, explain why the terrorists chose this method of announcing their presence.

c. Compare and contrast these tactics in terms of their operational style, level of involvement, and operational success or failure.

Essay Topic 3

When Alix meets with Michael Ben-Iban at the Frankfurt restaurant, Ben-Iban has just been briefed by the Fuhrer and is under direction to get Alix on board with their plan no matter what. In the Fuhrer's words, the plan cannot succeed without Alix. Using what you know about Alix, the Fuhrer, and the master plan, examine and explain why the Fuhrer feels Alix is essential to his plan's success.

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