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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 Mitch want Salem to do?

2. What does Clark tell Cameron to do?

3. Where is Mitch looking at profiles on the computer?

4. Who does Clark think he must get rid of as soon as possible?

5. What is Agent Pelachuck's true identity?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mitch feel about Villaume?

2. Why does Irene visit Stansfield in Chapter 21?

3. Describe Donatella Rahn.

4. Why is Clark angry in Chapter 24, and what does he decide?

5. What happens at the gas station when Mitch follows the car that leaves his house?

6. What does Mitch think about the thermal images he matches on the monitor which shows his house?

7. Describe the conversation between Cameron and Villaume in Chapter 27.

8. How is Anna kidnapped?

9. What does Mitch do to Special Agent Salem, and what does he command Salem to do?

10. What does Clark discuss with Rudin, Midleton and Jonathan Brown in Chapter 30?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the main themes in this novel (manipulation, assassination, etc.) and detail its recurrences throughout the novel. What does it add to the novel? How does it affect the different characters?

Essay Topic 2

How does the third person point-of-view enhance and inhibit the story? How would the novel be different if another point of view were used?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of politics in this novel? What events are driven by politics and the struggle for power? How are characters viewed based on their political influence?

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