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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. How far away was the weather office?

2. Which two posts are supposed to keep a sharp watch on the river?

3. What does 'semper paratus' mean?

4. What was Pitt's reaction to this death?

5. Who is the acting President until the three men are found?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Madame Bougainville.

2. Where else was Lee mentioned?

3. What did the woman's thrill come from after she had looked at the money again?

4. What was interesting to note about the fog?

5. How does Pitt describe looking for a shipwreck?

6. What documentation allowed the woman this fantasy and gave her notions of the heist?

7. What do Min Koryo and Lee Tong deduce about Dirk's plot?

8. Why would the young woman have not been watched in the vault?

9. How does the government plan to keep the President's disappearance a secret?

10. What was Larimer's position on western Europe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how the public would react to a missing Head of State. How is the public's reaction to the President's disappearance realistic? How is it fictional?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the influence of Dirk's friends throughout the novel. How might he have been stonewalled several times if not for their timely information and skills? Explain how the plot would have been affected if Dirk wouldn't have had such knowledgeable people backing him and looking things up for him.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Alan Moran's duplicity between who he is in the public eye, and who he is behind closed doors. Suggest reasons for this dual personality. Speculate on the necessity of this behavior.

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