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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alex knows a fair amount about heart disease because of his days at _____.
(a) University of Maryland.
(b) The Mayo Clinic.
(c) Johns Hopkins.
(d) Brandeis.

2. What type of barbecue sauce is a mixture of salt, pepper, paprika, and brown sugar?
(a) Blast smoke.
(b) Creole braise.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Dry rub.

3. What does Alex contemplate is the biggest mystery of all?
(a) The identities and motives of the Three Blind Mice.
(b) How many Saturdays he has left to spend with his family.
(c) What will happen with Jamilla.
(d) How long Nana will live.

4. What hotel do Alex and John check into on the West Point grounds?
(a) Hotel Jacks.
(b) Hotel Johnson.
(c) Hotel Maryland.
(d) Hotel Thayer.

5. What calms the Three Blind Mice as Kym asks about the owner?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) The darkness outside.
(c) Sedatives.
(d) The music on the CD player.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nana say she wants to go after her procedure?

2. What is the name of Nana's dead husband?

3. What does Billie make for her and John to drink?

4. What author's books does Starkey read on the flight to New York?

5. What movie did Laurence rent before he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was life like for Tran Van Luu as a child in Vietnam?

2. After John gets shot, why does the situation seem hopeless to Alex?

3. What is the attitude of the translator at the Vietnam Embassy? What makes her attitude change?

4. What gives Robert Bennett a split second of hope as he and his wife are being brutally attacked by the Three Blind Mice and what happens to dash it?

5. According to Alex, how should ribs be cooked and who taught him that?

6. Why is there conflict initially between Nana and Alex about Nana wanting Dr. Coles to be her physician?

7. What does John say when Alex says he is afraid the Three Blind Mice are going to kill them in the Georgia woods?

8. What does Alex find out about the MP5 when he talks to a supervisor from Heckler & Koch at the sports bar?

9. Why does Alex apologize for being rude to Dr. Coles and how does she react?

10. What happens when Billie and John go for a swim together in the ocean?

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