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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 is the nationality of the taxi driver who takes John and Kate to the office in Chapter 14?

2. Who made the video John watches that refutes mechanical failure as the cause of the crash of Flight 800?

3. What type of missile does Tom Spruck suggest might have caused the crash of TWA Flight 800?

4. What is the most significant item found on this beach?

5. What vice of John's becomes evident when he has lunch with Kate in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Tom Spruck, a retired naval officer, tell John he saw the night Flight 800 crashed?

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

4. Why is Kate being sent to Africa and why has she chosen Africa over an assignment in the United States?

5. Where does John go after calling in sick to work and for what purpose?

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

7. What interview did Marie Gubitosi conduct that John now feels is significant in regards to the couple on the beach the night of the plane crash?

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

9. Why does Kate suspect Koenig wants to see her the following morning and Steiner wants to see John?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following themes in detail, including examples from the novel:

1) Terrorism

2) Political conspiracy

3) Infidelity.

Essay Topic 2

Write a descriptive passage that discusses the motivation of one of the following characters and how that motivation impacts the development of the plot:

1) John Corey

2) Kate Mayfield

3) Jack Koenig

4) Ted Nash

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following relationships and how they influence the development of the plot:

1) John and Kate

2) Jill and Bud

3) John and Nash

4) Kate and Nash

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