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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 does David Hudson yell at Stemkowsky?

2. Who does Carroll talk to on the plane ride home?

3. What's the first thing Carroll does when he arrives home?

4. What does David ask Billie to tell him?

5. Who is in Carroll's home when he arrives there?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Monserrat kill Isabella?

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

4. How does the policeman save Caitlin's life?

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

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

7. How does Carroll find Caitlin?

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

9. Describe the meeting between Caitlin and IRA?

10. What happens when Carroll meets with Michael Chevron?

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

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does Patterson use character and setting to express these themes?

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