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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 do the IRA ask Caitlin if she has on her?

2. Which charter gives the order to "Blow it all up?"

3. Where does Monserrat leave Isabella's dead body?

4. Who calls a meeting at the end of the chapter?

5. What does Carroll show Chevron to force him to cooperate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the officials decide to suspend trading on Wall Street?

2. How does Caitlin and Carroll convince Freddie to tell them everything he knows about Chevron ?

3. Why does Carroll resign his position?

4. How did Caitlin become the director of the SEC's security force?

5. What information does Isabella give to Carroll?

6. How does Thomas X. O'Neill get the stolen securities through customs?

7. What do the Russian officials discuss over breakfast?

8. Why did Caitlin become a financial analyst?

9. How does the policeman save Caitlin's life?

10. How do the American Intelligence agents get information back to Washington?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What problems would a stock market crash cause the world economy and why? Are there any countries that would benefit from a stock market crash? How does the stock market try to safe guard against stock market crashes?

Essay Topic 2

How accurate is Patterson's representation of the authority figures in the book? Do you think any of the representations are too stereotypical? Why do so many of the leaders in the book have so few if any weaknesses?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the novel:

1) How does Patterson use character and dialogue to drive the narrative.

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Away from the main character examine the way Fleming uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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