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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 causes immediate panic on Wall Street?

2. What does Arch Carroll tell the restaurant owner?

3. Who does Kuchuck pass the information onto?

4. What does Carroll say will happen to Fred if he does not give him information?

5. What does Francis Nilolo show Catlin as she is leaving the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Caitlin and Carroll meet with Freddie Hotchkiss?

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 is the President so anxious about what is happening in the stock market?

5. What is discussed at the meeting with the President?

6. What happens when Carroll meets with Michael Chevron?

7. What does Caitlin reveal at the meeting at the New York Stock Exchange building?

8. When do the officials realize that the terrorists are not going to negotiate?

9. How does Carroll find Caitlin?

10. What happens when Arch Carroll sees the Hussain Moussa in the restaurant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and examine how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme.

1) Setting.

2) Point of view

3) Structure

4) Language

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's dialogue. Discuss how Patterson's dialogue contributes to the following areas:

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

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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