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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 Paige realize when she sees the new bomb Keith has built?

2. Where is the Kwik-Mark where Paige stops for gas?

3. How does Paige get into the garage?

4. What is the name of the company where Paige works after college?

5. Where is Lindsay going when Keith and Paige head back to the house after they learn Aidan is searching for Paige?

Short Essay Questions

1. Paige uses bombs to garner interest in causes. How does Aidan's take on Paige's methods change while he's talking to her in his apartment?

2. When does Simon say he realized Keith would have to be stopped?

3. What does Aidan come to realize about Jim and Carol when Jim says Paige may have gone outside her apartment because she simply needed to get out?

4. Why doesn't Aidan want to go along with Paige's plan?

5. Why does Simon say he sent Aidan the photo?

6. Why does Touche say he believes the story of Paige's involvement is a prank?

7. What is the story Paige remembers about the Smokey Mountain Man?

8. What are Paige's thoughts when she sees the photo Aidan has of her outside Barney's?

9. What is the story Aidan hears about the arrest of the four Muslims and what is his reaction?

10. Paige says the "timing was off" when she was working for the Earth Initiative. What was she trying to accomplish and what does she say was "off" about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What are the jobs of Aidan, Paige, and Cressida? Are their professions important to the story line? Why or why not? Do the jobs make their characters more or less believable?

Essay Topic 3

What happens that puts Aidan in a position to have to hide? Does it seem reasonable that he came to this point? Do you believe he did the right thing? Support your answers.

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