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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 does Anna realize Irene means when she speaks of the family that Rapp is trying to rescue?

2. Who stays behind to talk to the president, after the group discusses what to do with General Moro, in Chapter 13?

3. Whose finances is Church supposed to monitor?

4. Where does David finally end up for his secret meeting, in Chapter 23?

5. Who flies Rapp away after Moro is killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does David react after meeting with General Hamza and learning that he had abducted a young girl earlier that day?

2. How is Moro killed?

3. How does David answer Speilman when, in Chapter 18, he asks why David wants to go through with the plan?

4. What kind of plan are David and Prince Omar discussing, in their first scene together?

5. What role is McMahon, of the FBI, supposed to play in the plan for Dinagat Island?

6. What information does Rapp confront Moro with?

7. What evidence does Kennedy have about the failed mission in the Philippines when she, the president, Rapp, and Valerie Jones meet to discuss the mission?

8. What is happening in the scene where Alan Church is first introduced?

9. What do Anna and Kennedy do when they want to talk to each other at the White House?

10. What is the plan once Coleman and his men land on Dinagat Island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The title of the book can have multiple meanings. Take a position about what you think the title means and provide examples from the text that demonstrate the use of "executive power," when the term "executive power" refers to something other than presidential power, etc.

Essay Topic 2

Which character is most duped in "Executive Power"? Provide at least 3 examples from the text to support your argument.

Essay Topic 3

Describe at least four negative aspects of having a protagonist as strong as Mitch Rapp. Make sure to use evidence from the novel to support your position.

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