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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 company does Sherwood receive shares from?

2. How do Rizzo and Nicolo say each bomb was detonated?

3. What do Carroll and Caitlin use to find suspects?

4. What kind of company is Clyde Miller the CEO of?

5. Where is Mickey Kevin coming home from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the meeting between Carroll and Thompson.

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

3. What does Williamson tell Carroll about Hudon in this chapter?

4. What does Sammantha tell Carroll about David Hudson in this section?

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

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

7. What does Trentkamp tell Hudson his goal is?

8. How does Hudson kill Billie Bogan?

9. What does Vice President Elliott consider as he walks by himself?

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

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

Choose one of the following and examine their real life equivalent and how Patterson to fit in with the ideas of Balck Friday.

1) The CIA.

2) The stock market

3) The Vietnam Veterans

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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