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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 saves Joe from possession?

2. What is Captain Blane's last word?

3. Who is killed as a result of the information on the flight recorder he uncovers?

4. What secret does she finally reveal?

5. What does Barbara tell Joe about that confirms for him the possibility that Rose survived?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Joe and Nina on the two year anniversary of Flight 353?

2. Who is Project 99's only success according to Rose?

3. Why does Joe believe that in the year that has passed, Rose has never tried to return Nina to him if she really had his daughter?

4. What miraculous admission does Mercy make that gives Joe hope again?

5. Why does Joe decide Barbara shouldn't tell him anymore, and why does she insist?

6. What actually caused the crash and why is it so unusual?

7. What happens as Joe arrives in Los Angeles again that changes his elation back to fear again?

8. How does Joe counter her pessimism regarding the possibility that anyone could have survived?

9. What does Barbara remember as they are leaving the crash site and why is she almost reluctant to tell Joe about it?

10. Why is Barbara so afraid that she will reveal nothing to Joe on the phone and then won't even talk to him at her door?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is SSW-89-58 tasked with ending the lives of both Rose and CCY-21-21? What possible harm could they be to Project 99? What other reasons do the project managers have for fearing CCY-21-21? What can this subject do that might change the entire project, not to mention the people who run it? Why are they unable to see the benefit of these gifts? What one major character flaw do they possess that prevents them from wanting the gift she is able to offer?

Essay Topic 2

What is the NTSB? What is their mandate or purpose when an accident such as Flight 353 occurs? How is the NTSB structured? What kind of professionals do they employ? What kind of tools do they employ to determine the reasons behind a crash? What is the purpose of this kind of investigation? What do they hope to learn? In the hierarchy of professionals that attend to a crash site, who has the ultimate control over how the site is handled?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Barbara Christman so brutally honest with Joe as she describes the condition of the plane and the remains left behind? What is she hoping to communicate to him? Why does she feel that it is necessary to be so harsh? Is Joe in danger of losing himself to false hope when he finds the three seats that are still intact? What does he believe this proves?

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