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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. For what reason does Stein warn John not to resign or refuse this new assignment?

2. Why does Siben insist a missile could not have taken down TWA Flight 800?

3. What did Spruck see the night TWA Flight 800 crashed?

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

5. What does Jill tell Bill she saw before the plane exploded?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does John insist that a videotape of the crash of TWA Flight 800 might not be the key piece of evidence Kate hopes it will be?

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

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

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

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

6. What did the police find on a public beach within view of the plane crash that Kate now feels is significant to the investigation?

7. What kind of camera did Nash tell Kate the lens cap came from?

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

9. Where does Kate take John in order for him to view the wreckage of the plane?

10. Why does Kate tell John she would like him to re-investigate the crash of TWA Flight 800?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss John Corey. Who is John? What does he do for a living? How does John happen to attend the fifth anniversary memorial for the crash victims of TWA Flight 800? Why is John warned away from investigating TWA Flight 800 before he even considers the idea? Why would FBI special agent Liam Griffith think that John might want to investigate the crash? Who is John's wife? What is her involvement in the investigation of the crash?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Jill Winslow? Why was Jill on the beach the night Flight 800 went down? What did Jill see? Why does Jill quickly leave the scene? Who is Jill with? How does this companion influence Jill's decision to copy the tape? Why does Jill keep the tape to herself for five years? Why does Jill eventually give the tape to John? How does the discovery of this tape change the direction of John's investigation? What does the tape prove?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss in detail the importance of each of these items on the overall development of the plot:

1) Camera lens cap

2) Hotel blanket

3) Band aid

4) A Man and A Woman VCR movie.

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