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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. Why does Tom Spruck claim he never came forward with his information regarding the crash of TWA Flight 800?

2. Why does Tom Spruck believe it was not a hand-held missile that caused the crash of TWA Flight 800?

3. Which of the following is not one of the seven theories as to the crash of TWA Flight 800?

4. What does Siben insist was the cause of the plane crash?

5. The deaths of how many people are being memorialized in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the result of John's meeting with Stein?

2. What are the seven theories of the plane crash that Kate tells John?

3. What does Jill see in the sky just before the plane explodes?

4. Why does Dick Kearns tell John Corey to stay away from the TWA Flight 800 investigation?

5. What do John and Kate agree to do if anyone asks about their re-investigation into the crash of TWA Flight 800?

6. Who is Sidney R. Siben and how does he discredit eye witness reports of an object flying toward the plane from the ocean?

7. What does Koenig imply about Kate's relationship with Ted Nash during his meeting with John to go over his assignment in Yemen?

8. What does Kate tell John about how she came to know about the police finding the blanket from Bayview Hotel on the beach the night of the crash?

9. Who does John ask to find Marie Gubitosi and what does he find?

10. Who does John ask Fanelli to find and for what purpose?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author introduces several other incidences of terror attacks that took place after the crash of TWA Flight 800. Discuss these other terror acts. How do these acts give authenticity to the plot? Who was responsible for most of these acts of terror? What was their purpose? How might these attacks have been connected to the September 11 attacks? Could these attacks have been a warning as the author appears to suggest in this novel? Was TWA Flight 800 connected to any of these acts? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss symbolism and how it is related to one of the following items:

1) A MAN AND A WOMAN tape

2) Hotel Blanket

3) Camera lens cap

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Bayview Hotel. What is the Bayview Hotel? What role does this hotel play in the investigation both when the crash happened and five years later when John begins re-investigating? Why did the FBI focus on this hotel? Why are all the employees who came into direct contact with the videotaping couple disappear? Why can John not find the records that deal with these employees or with the FBI agents who stayed at the hotel during the initial investigation? What does this imply about the actions of the original investigators?

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