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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. Where do the inner circle of armchair spies go to discuss the events of the evening?

2. Where does Thorpe intend to take West?

3. What is on Thorpe's cuff when he sits down at the table with Kimberly?

4. When Kimberly and Abrams are approached by the two men in the park, what do they do?

5. What does Abrams chastise Kimberly about before they dance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does West know about Thorpe and his personality?

2. What drives Thorpe's actions?

3. What is the difference between the way the spies and the cops think about investigation?

4. What does Thorpe tell West when he calls West after dealing with O'Brien?

5. What does Kimberly discover in Carbury's file in the dead file room?

6. Why is Thorpe hostile to Abrams?

7. What did Arnold Brin do before he was murdered?

8. What does Abrams learn from Spinelli after leaving Kimberly's house?

9. What information does O'Brien pass to Abrams by telephone after the party?

10. What is O'Brien's role in the journal with the Talbot information?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is humanization? What does it mean when a character is humanized? Which character is the most humanized in the story? Why? Support your answer with examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Using the examples from the story to support your answer, answer the following: What makes a good leader? Who in the story is the best leader?

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book to support your answer, answer the following question: Which pairing of protagonist and antagonist is most important to the story, and why?

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