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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. Who does Baxter want to run the operation?

2. Why does Baxter decide to pay the rest of the money?

3. Where is the President's secret stash room located?

4. Who objects to Tutwiler being in charge of negotiations?

5. What does Baxter not want to appear as to the voting public?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Secret Service Director Tracy say in the debriefing?

2. Describe the character of Thomas Stansfield.

3. How does the truck get past the guards in this section?

4. Why does Anna Reilly have a better chance of survival than the other hostages in the group?

5. What opinion does Mitch voice in the debriefing?

6. How does Mitch Rapp show his true strength in this section?

7. What do Mitch, Flood, Kennedy and Stansfield decide to do in this section?

8. What is happening in the President's bunker in this section?

9. Why does Mitch invite Milt Adams on the mission?

10. Why are the politicians suspicious of Rapp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Flynn's book to similar espionage novels.

1) Which ideas has he taken from previous works?

2) How has he used these ideas to develop his own meaning?

Essay Topic 2

What problems are the politicians causing the military in the novel? What do the students think is Flynn's opinion of politicians in general? How can the politicians and military work together to resolve the situation in the book?

Essay Topic 3

The Transfer of Power is written in the third person. Why do you think Flynn chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if it were written in the first person?

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