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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 happens to Major Marco's condition?

2. What does O'Neil insist on throwing?

3. What does Jocelyn do when Raymond has been bitten by a snake?

4. Where does Raymond have lunch with his mother?

5. How does Raymond refer to each event in sequence?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Marco one night?

4. What does Raymond do when O'Neil insists on throwing a welcome dinner for the Medal of Honor veteran?

5. What happens to the American soldiers during this mission?

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

7. How does the chapter begin?

8. What will Raymond Shaw be receiving?

9. What does Lieutenant General Nils Jorgenson do when Iselin brings Marco's plan to his attention?

10. Why does Shaw end up in Washington early?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rosie is Marco's girlfriend.

Part 1) How do they meet? How does he act in front of her? How does she react? Why?

Part 2) Can Rosie be trusted? Why or why not?

Part 3) How is this relationship connected to the theme of the love of a good woman?

Essay Topic 2

Raymond is odd.

Part 1) How do you know this? How is he odd? What role does his personality play in his abilities as an assassin?

Part 2) How has his upbringing affected his personality?

Part 3) How does his personality change throughout the story? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Raymond has a strange relationship with his mother.

Part 1) Describe their relationship. How do the flashbacks assist you in understanding their relationship?

Part 2) Has their relationship always been strange? Why or why not?

Part 3) Based on their relationship, how might Raymond have felt about killing his mother, if he had come out of the trance instead of dying?

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