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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. Who needs to see Carroll immediately?

2. Which person do the terrorists first contact?

3. What does David Hudson yell at Stemkowsky?

4. What does Carroll discover while questioning the drug dealer?

5. Where do Carroll and Caitlin watch the incoming messages?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Carroll meets with Michael Chevron?

2. How does Carroll find Caitlin?

3. How does Carroll get information from Isabella Marqueza?

4. What happens at Carroll's home that evening?

5. What do the Russian officials discuss over breakfast?

6. What does David Hudson recall about his torture in Vietnam?

7. What takes place in Florida?

8. What does the recorded voice threaten?

9. Describe the meeting between Caitlin and IRA?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and examine their real life equivalent and how Patterson to fit in with the ideas of Balck Friday.

1) The CIA.

2) The stock market

3) The Vietnam Veterans

Essay Topic 2

Examine Patterson's writing style. How would you describe Patterson's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Patterson's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Patterson writes Black Friday in the third person. Why do you think Patterson chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would of changed if Patterson wrote it in the first person? Why is writing in the third person typical of this kind of novel?

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