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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 Alry Simmons and Robert Havens find in the basement of the Federal Reserve Bank?

2. What is Billie's last name?

3. What does Hudson call the man who tortured him in Vietnam?

4. What was Caitlin's father forced into?

5. What department store does Isabella go shopping in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens Just before 5:30 on the morning of December 4th?

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

4. Why does Carroll resign his position?

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

6. What do the two New York City TAC patrolmen find in the Federal Reserve Bank?

7. How does Carroll find Caitlin?

8. How does the story being?

9. What interrupts David's war memories?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Do you think Patterson's representation of Iraqis is accurate? Would Patterson be able to get away with such a representation today? How would his representation of Iraqis be different if he wrote the novel today?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Patterson's representation of Vietnam Veterans. Why did the Vietnam Veterans feel hard done by after the Vietnam War? How did the veterans react to the governments lack of support in real life? What is Patterson's opinion of the way the veterans were treated and how does he express i

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