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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 had threatened before to lock out Congress?

2. What characteristic reminded Pitt of the Pilottown?

3. What does Pitt do for Al Giordino after he raises the Eagle?

4. Who informed Fawcett that the President had returned?

5. How was the U.S. equipment comparable to Lugovoys?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the President stop Congress from convening?

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

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

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

6. What happened to Oskar Belkaya?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Pitt's loss of his Talbot-Lago from a psychological level. What does his answer to the cocktail waitress describe about his personality? How does he view his vehicles?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ecological fallout that isn't discussed regarding nerve agent S. What kinds of things were avoided being talked about regarding the spill? How would a cleanup of the chemical been next to impossible, and how would the loss of marine life have changed the coast of Alaska and British Columbia forever?

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