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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 organization sets up a meeting with Carroll in this section?

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

3. Who does Hudon want to meet again?

4. Who does Carroll say ordered to kill the people in the photographs?

5. What is the name of the drug dealer Sommers and Carroll arrest?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the story being?

2. Why does Carroll resign his position?

3. What takes place in Florida?

4. What interrupts David's war memories?

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

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

7. What happens when David arrives at the hotel?

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

9. How did Caitlin become the director of the SEC's security force?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss Patterson's life. In what way do you think his life and personality is reflected in the book? Where could he have learned about the terrorism and the stock market? In what ways is he like or unlike the main character?

Essay Topic 3

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

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

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