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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 does Francois Monserrat reportedly work for?

2. What intelligence does Kearney say that he's received recently?

3. What is the name of the Russian version of Camp David?

4. What does Carroll tell Freddie he lied about?

5. What does David ask Billie to tell him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the recorded voice threaten?

2. Why does Harry Stemkowsky wait for David Hudson in the rain?

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

4. What information do Carroll and Caitlin receive about Pyotr Andronov?

5. How does Trentkamp persuade Carroll to stay on the case?

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

7. Why does Monserrat kill Isabella?

8. What happens when Carroll meets with Michael Chevron?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the black market? How is the black market and the people that work in the black market represented in the media? What affect does the black market have on the economy?

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 the relationship between America and Russia in the eighties.

1) How did Russia cope with Americas success and their own decline?

2) How does Patterson express the relationship between Russia and America? Is this a true reflection?

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