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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. Where do Carroll and Caitlin watch the incoming messages?

2. Why are Alry Simmons and Robert Havens in the Federal Reserve Bank?

3. What takes place at 9:20 a.m December 4th?

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

5. Which are of the following people are not invited to the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Monserrat kill Isabella?

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

3. What happens when Carroll meets with Michael Chevron?

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

5. What takes place in Florida?

6. What interrupts David's war memories?

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

8. What information does Isabella give to Carroll?

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

10. Why did Caitlin become a financial analyst?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1980s. How does Patterson express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novels meaning would change if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there are character that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Patterson portrays?

3) In what way is violence an important of the book and the meaning it attempts to convey?

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