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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. In Omega X, what is revealed about Kittredge and Hugh from the CIA agent?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Harry say improved for him after he had an operation that his father forced him to have?

3. What does Harry learn that Kittredge's father liked to sleep with?

4. What did Harry's father want Hugh to be for Harry?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 5, what does Kittredge talk to Harry about as they go for a walk alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the ghosts that Kittredge mentions tend to arise at times of particular stress and challenge?

2. After learning how to rock climb, how does Harry continue to succeed through school?

3. How do all the different names represented by cryptograms reinforce the concept of Alpha and Omega?

4. How is the growing difference between who Harry is as a CIA agent and whom he feels like enumerated in Part II, Chapters 1 - 4?

5. During Harry's first days in Berlin, what things are illuminated?

6. What does Harry read from Rosen's confidential letter to Dix in Part II, Chapter 14?

7. How did Harry and Kittredge come to be together?

8. What does rock climbing represent for Harry and Hugh?

9. What happens when Dix and Harry go out for a drink with Freddie McCann and his wife Bunny?

10. What does Harry learn about Kittredge's father that is disturbing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dix Butler and Harry begin working together and share an apartment in Berlin. Compare the characters of Dix Butler and Harry, analyzing how Dix affects Harry. What kind of person is Dix? How is Dix's attitude about life different than Harry's? How do they feel about each other?

Essay Topic 2

"Harlot's Ghost", Part IV, Chapters 31 - 36, deals with endings. Several of Harry's endings in his life and a few others. Examine the theme of endings in the novel "Harlot's Ghost". What is the definition of an ending? What type of endings are there in "Harlot's Ghost"? How is Harry affected by these different endings in his life? Is he worse off or better off? Where at in Harry's life is he at when all these endings happen? Do they all happen about the same time?

Essay Topic 3

In Omega VII - Omega XII, the reader is presented with three different versions of the CIA man through Harry, Rosen, and Dix. Examine the three different versions of the CIA man that are represented in "Harlot's Ghost". Who is an agent by birthright? Who has had to transform painfully to become an agent? Who is a bit of a thug but a spy by nature? Compare and contrast these different versions of the CIA man.

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