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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 Carroll overhear arguing?

2. What company does Sherwood receive shares from?

3. Who does Anton think is involved in Green Band?

4. What is Macchio's job?

5. What does Hudson take from one of the guards?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hudson kill Billie Bogan?

2. What does Trentkamp tell Hudson his goal is?

3. What new information does Samantha find out about the committee of twelve?

4. Describe the meeting between Carroll and Thompson.

5. What do 3,000 veterans find in their mail boxes?

6. Describe the chase between the two officers and Green Band

7. How is the economic climate changing by the end of the section?

8. What new information do Nicolo and Rizzo give at the meeting?

9. How does Harry react to Manserrat's questioning?

10. What happens to Hudson at the end of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the Vietnam War affect the people in involved? How does Patterson suggest Vietnam has affected the characters in the book? In what way has the affects of the Vietnam War become a major part of popular culture?

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

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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