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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 other doctor had Nana for a teacher?
2. How old is Nana?
3. What does Alex see in the woods eating its own droppings?
4. Where does Colonel Daniel Boudreau work?
5. Alex and John stop at _____ for breakfast before crashing the company picnic.
Short Essay Questions
1. What was life like for Tran Van Luu as a child in Vietnam?
2. What does Alex find out about the MP5 when he talks to a supervisor from Heckler & Koch at the sports bar?
3. Why does Starkey love West Point?
4. How does John display his combat experience in the Georgia woods?
5. 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?
6. When Alex asks Nana if she feels alright, what does she say?
7. What does Starkey's house look like on the inside?
8. What do John and Alex talk about as they watch the cabin in the Georgia mountains where the Three Blind Mice are staying?
9. Why did the press in Vietnam fail to capture the real stories there, in the author's view?
10. What does Tran Van Luu say when Alex brings up his impending execution? How does Alex respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the "gray wall of silence"? How have Alex and John encountered this throughout the book? What characters are involved in creating this situation for the detectives? How does each character contribute?
Essay Topic 2
What event signals the climax of the story? Who is involved? Where does it occur? What action represents the resolution of the primary conflict of the story?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the double lives of the Three Blind Mice. How do they justify their criminal behavior? Where do they live? What is their main job? What do they do covertly and why? Give examples of each character's double life.
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