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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 habit did the Presidential stand-in have that the President does not?

2. What characteristic reminded Pitt of the Pilottown?

3. What was the name of the ship that rescued Loren?

4. What happens to Pitt's Talbot-Lago?

5. Where does Pitt think the barge is located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What alerts Mangyai to the imminent Russian plot?

2. What situations hint to the true nature of the steward that is mentioned several times between chapters fifty three and fifty eight?

3. Why did the Russians monitor people who were working closely for them in America?

4. What is Fawcett's argument against making the statement to the press?

5. Why did Pitt order the four people into the shower?

6. What was Suvoyov insinuating when he mentioned to Loren that they could 'negotiate' her return to Moscow?

7. What happened to Oskar Belkaya?

8. How did Moran nurture a carefully controlled public image?

9. What explanation did the President offer in regards to his whereabouts?

10. What is described in Chapter 25?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the plot of the novel. Could it have been improved and how or why not? What specific elements did you like or dislike, and why?

Essay Topic 2

If Pitt had a pet animal, real or fantastic, what kind of animal would it be and why? How is this animal suited to his personality? How would this animal affect the development of a plot?

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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