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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 did the vehicle bring that Pitt requested?

2. What does Pitt say at the hospital?

3. How does Pitt get to the airport?

4. What does James Kelly hope to leave with his plans?

5. Why was this site chosen for the people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kippman reveal about Hermit Limited?

2. Where does Pitt go after their boating incident? Who takes him and how does Pitt feel about that person? Who does Pitt find?

3. How does Pitt feel about what happened to Sam Kelly and how does he feel towards Rondheim?

4. What does the person at the hanger tell Pitt?

5. What does Sam Kelly ask his brother and what does his brother tell him?

6. What is Sandecker's response to the man in his office and what does Pitt say?

7. How does Pitt act when he first arrives at the party and how is he dressed?

8. Where does Kirsti take Pitt at the party and what does Pitt do during the event?

9. Who is the pilot of the rescue vehicle and what did he bring with him?

10. Why was the crash site chosen? What does Pitt find out as he talks to the others?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pitt goes to the general transient aviation hanger, and locates the mechanic who scratched his initials into the hydraulic pump Pitt found. The mechanic tells Pitt about a couple men who contracted with him to do some work and would not sign off on the job. Cashman found a way to cover himself by making out a report and he was able to record the call numbers for the jet.

1. Amazing coincidence, isn't it? Narrative contrivance is the term used when barely plausible events occur in order to advance the plot. Explain why, with examples, this situation with the black jet could be a narrative contrivance.

2. The mechanic certainly sounds like he's on the ball. What do you think, in real life the chances are that most mechanics would do what Cashman did? Explain your answer.

3. Why do you think a mechanic would give Pitt the information he gave him? Explain your answer using text from the book to support it.

Essay Topic 2

Pitt has an immediate dislike for Rondheim and how he is treating Kirsti. Rondheim does not like Pitt either. Pitt decides to change his demeanor with Oskar; Pitt pretends, to the astonishment of Sandecker and Tidi, that he is a homosexual. Rondheim is disgusted and underestimates Pitt, which is part of Dirk's plan.

1. Do you think it is possible to dislike or like someone the moment one meets them? Why or why not?

2. Given the era in which this book was written, why do you think someone would underestimate a "homosexual?"

3. Discuss the various stereotypes and labels that occur in the above statement about homosexuals.

Essay Topic 3

Tidi reacts hysterically to the fact the men in the hydrofoil are killed, but this gives Sandecker and Pitt a chance to explain their motives and their philosophy that it is better for them to survive than be killed by Oskar's henchmen.

1. Explain why one might judge the above statement to be sexist. Use examples from the book and real life to support your answer.

2. Realistically, shouldn't everyone, man or woman, get upset when people are killed? Do you agree with this statement? Explain why or why not.

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