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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 is TCI?

2. What does Keith say he's planning to blow up in Kentucky?

3. Where is Cressida from?

4. Where does Aidan meet Julian?

5. Where are the headquarters of Indigo Holdings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens at the paper mill fire that makes Paige leap ahead in the organization?

2. Describe the problems Aidan and his girlfriend, Cressida, are having?

3. Briefly describe what Aidan reveals about his parents?

4. List three details about the house where Paige, Lindsay, and Keith are staying.

5. How and why do Aidan and Cressida meet?

6. What do Paige's parents say to Aidan when he's pretending to be Brendan?

7. List three things Brendan says about the time he'd spent on the island with Paige?

8. When Paige wakes the morning after Keith makes a pass at her and finds him gone, why does she believe she can't simply walk away from the plan?

9. Describe where Aidan is and what his life is like as the story opens.

10. What does Aidan say in the message he leaves his mother when he's on the ferry headed to Connecticut?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the most important theme of this book? Why is it important? List at least three examples of the theme in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Keith's reasons for targeting the media. Is he right? Could the bombing be an effective way of protesting what he sees as injustice? Was Keith reasonable? Support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

The story is not presented in chronological order. Explain the chronology of the story beginning with the earliest event of the story. Why does the author present the story in this manner? Is it effective?

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