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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 were the Three Blind Mice initially sent to the An Lao Valley to investigate?

2. Where do the Three Blind Mice celebrate with dinner after killing the Bennetts?

3. What song do Billie and John dance to on the porch?

4. What is the password to get into the Asia House?

5. Jamilla tells Alex about a case she is working on where an Irish tourist gets killed in the _____ in San Francisco.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Director Burns explain the guerilla nature of the Vietnam War to Alex?

2. Why does Alex think he and John are in a trap when they try to attack the Three Blind Mice?

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

4. What does Colonel Handler look like and what is his history as Alex knows it from the West Point website?

5. How does Alex finally come across the names of the Three Blind Mice?

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

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

8. What does Billie find one night when she goes out to search for her husband when he failed to return from a fishing trip?

9. 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?

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

Why do Alex and John go to see Lieutenant General Borislow? Who does she work for? What is her demeanor like? Does she help them? Why or why not? Give specific examples from the book to describe her character.

Essay Topic 2

What is Sergeant Ellis Cooper on trial for? What is his side of the story? What are the tragic consequences of his not being believed by people other than Alex and John? Could this have been prevented? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between John and Billie start? Why is John afraid of being in a relationship? What is Billie's relationship to the investigation Alex and John are conducting?

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