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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 Henry Bowman believe about the Oklahoma City bombing?

2. Who kills Trey Mullins?

3. What does Henry Bowman explain to Allen Kane's audience?

4. How did Cindy Caswell escape from her position in Las Vegas?

5. How many shots does Henry Bowman take when he encounters this scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the atmosphere with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms changed by 1982?

2. What happens around the time that Cindy Caswell's friend April is assaulted?

3. Who is Allen Kane?

4. Who is Alex Neuman?

5. Describe Henry Bowman's attack and its consequences.

6. Describe Richard Gaines's path after college.

7. What is Henry Bowman's interaction with Wilson Blair at the gun show?

8. How did Cindy Caswell escape from her situation?

9. Describe the raid on Henry Bowman's home.

10. What regulation is passed in 1968?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the claim that Henry Bowman is not a patriot but a vigilante and renegade who stands not for civilization but for lawlessness.

Essay Topic 2

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the proposition that as societies grow more complex, their members have to make more and more sacrifices of personal liberty for the sake of social peace.

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