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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 Will have to take with him as he leaves the bank?

2. When Hickey asks Will if he contacted the FBI, how does Will respond?

3. What question of Karen's does Hickey refuse to answer in Chapter 11 as Karen helps Hickey?

4. What signal does Will give to Abby to let her know that it is him in the plane?

5. Who is the trunk of the car that Hickey is driving away from the airport?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Chery's actions in Chapter 20 after the plane starts burning.

2. Describe Margaret McDill's attitude and James McDill's attitude while in the Jackson Police Department, in Chapter 11.

3. What does Will come to realize is different in his daughter's kidnapping versus the other past kidnappings in Chapter 14?

4. Explain how Will finally receives Cheryl's help in Chapter 18?

5. In Chapter 16, describe how Hickey finds out that the FBI have been contacted.

6. In Chapter 20, Hickey finally explains his final plan to Karen. Describe Hickey's plan.

7. Explain Will's plan to land the plane, as depicted in Chapter 20.

8. What instructions are given to Will from Hickey in Chapter 18 after Hickey discovers why the police are following him?

9. Explain what drastic actions Hickey takes in the airport, in Chapter 17.

10. In Chapter 19, how does Will put his pilot's license in danger as he tries to takeoff?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the tone that the author uses throughout the book. Does the tone differ as the book progresses? Give specific examples from the story, supporting your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Describe what the term external conflict means and how external conflict was important to the book.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the author's use of the protagonist versus the antagonist throughout the book. In your opinion is there more than one protagonist? Antagonist? Give specific examples from the book to support your answers.

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