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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. Where is the house where Keith, Lindsay, and Paige will be staying while they work out their next step?

2. Why does Keith stick his head out the window as he is driving into West Virginia?

3. Where does Aidan's mother live?

4. What is Aidan's clue that someone has been in his motel room?

5. What is in the bottom of the duffel bag in a plastic bag?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Paige learn about the group that is protesting environmental misdeeds?

2. How does Lindsay get the message across to Paige that she's in love with Keith and that Paige is to keep her distance?

3. Describe the conversation between Touche and Aidan before leaving for Fisher's Island and why does it make Aidan nervous?

4. Describe the hotel where Aidan stays when he's looking for Paige.

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

6. What is Touche's reaction when Aidan says he's going to Waitsfield?

7. Why does Paige have a problem with the idea of bombing the nuclear power plant as opposed to bombing a single residential building?

8. Who is Kimbell LeRoux?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Whom do you consider to be the four most important characters? Why are these characters important to the story? Compare the four. Which are most believable? Which are least?

Essay Topic 2

Simon Krauss was a member of a group with members known as "weathermen." Describe the group and their activities. What does Simon reveal about the organization? Does his description seem reasonable?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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