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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 gives away the identity of the President's double?

2. What will Madam Bougainville least expect?

3. What was Pitt's rank in the Air Force?

4. How long does the original group of Congressmen have to produce Vince Margolin?

5. Who was the first to react to Pitt's suggestion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did it become obvious that Suvorov was acting under what he thought was the best interests of the Soviet government?

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

3. What is the difference between Lugovoy and Suvorov's opinions regarding Madam Bougainville's 'hospitality'?

4. What is Hemlock the most well known for? How was the Hemlock administered to the victims?

5. What major things does Dirk learn in Chapter 37?

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

7. What happened to Oskar Belkaya?

8. What was it that alerted the Bougainvilles to Pitt's presence so close?

9. What insults were used in regard to the President of the U.S. from Moran, and what does this say about his character?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the influence of Al Giordino and Admiral Sandecker. How do they come through for Dirk? How has Dirk come through for them? Describe their relationship with Dirk, and how it affects the development of the plot.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Dirk and Loren's relationship. Why do you think he went after her so many times, and yet was still asking Ms. Mendoza out for dinner? What kind of relationship do Dirk and Loren have? What adds friction to this relationship, and what do you think brings them closer together?

Essay Topic 3

Explain why Alan Moran didn't tell the truth about where he and Larimer had been, and how they got there? How might have the public reacted to this statement? Could it have affected his place in office? How or why not?

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