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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 believe it was not a hand-held missile that caused the crash of TWA Flight 800?

2. What part of the investigation did the FBI hide from Marie?

3. For whom does John Corey work?

4. Why does Tom Spruck not believe an American missile could have caused the crash of TWA Flight 800?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the CIA's theory as to the orange light many witnesses reported seeing coming from the ocean toward the plane?

5. What question comes to John's mind after he views both the hotel room and the spot on the beach where the couple possibly videotaped the plane crash?

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

8. Why do John Corey and Kate Mayfield go to a memorial on the beach each year?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does John dislike Nash? What does John believe the relationship is between Nash and his wife, Kate? How often does this suggestion come up throughout the novel? Who makes the suggestion? How does this knowledge affect John's behavior in dealing with these people? How does this situation affect John's relationship with his wife? Does John trust his wife? How does the reader know if John trusts his wife?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What does the CIA say about the many witnesses who thought they saw an orange light moving toward the plane the night Flight 800 crashed? How do they support this claim? Who disputes this claim? What does Kate think of this claim? What is the readers first clue that this claim by the CIA might not be true? What does the videotape show? Is the orange light moving toward the plane or is it the burning fuselage falling to the ocean? How does the reader know for sure which it is?

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