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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. Who is O'Neil?
(a) The paper's promotion manager.
(b) Raymond's boss.
(c) An editor.
(d) An FBI agent.

2. Who does Shaw's American field handler want Raymond to kill?
(a) His mother.
(b) His boss.
(c) Himself.
(d) Marco.

3. What is the cover story for Raymond's visit?
(a) Drug addiction.
(b) His being knocked over by a hit-and-run driver.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Hallucinations.

4. How does Marco react when he learns he has been propelled to an even higher rank against his will?
(a) He screams.
(b) He gasps.
(c) He faints.
(d) He pounds the table in fury.

5. Why did Raymond's mother choose Shaw for a husband?
(a) He was rich and powerful.
(b) She believed she could mold him into an eminently powerful man.
(c) He was kind and loving.
(d) He was very handsome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Raymond Shaw the medal?

2. How does Iselin solidify his power in the senate?

3. Shaw does not recognize this person, but after introductions recalls what about this person?

4. Two years later, Raymond receives a phone call asking him to do what?

5. Why has a local reporter come by to interview Shaw?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Raymond tell his mother about Marco? How does she react?

2. What does this next flashback reveal about Shaw's mother?

3. What happens to Marco one night?

4. What does Jorgenson do after this meeting with Marco?

5. How do Marco and Chunjin get into a fight?

6. Why does Shaw end up in Washington early?

7. What is learned about Eleanor in this flashback? How does Raymond feel about this?

8. What does Senator John Iselin proclaim?

9. What does Raymond say when Marco tells him about his dreams?

10. What happens between Marco and Shaw, regarding Marco's fight with Chunjin?

(see the answer keys)

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