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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. Where does Kate take John after leaving Tom Spruck?

2. What has Fanelli guessed about John and warns him to stay away from in Chapter 29?

3. Who is Sydney R. Siben?

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

5. What part of the investigation was Kate openly barred from pursuing during the first investigation?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

4. What name does John ask Dick Kearns to give him in relation to the investigation?

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

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

7. Who is Liam Griffith and what does he warn John Corey not to do at the memorial for TWA Flight 800?

8. How did Kate come to know which hotel the blanket found on the beach near the camera lens cap belonged to?

9. For what purpose does John ask to see the personnel files of those employees who came into contact with the couple with the video camera? What does he find?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the real story behind TWA Flight 800. When did the plane go down? What was the explanation the NTSB gave the American public? What were some of the theories about how the plane might have crashed? How do these theories compare to the ones suggested in the novel? How does the comparison between reality and the story of Flight 800 in the novel create a plausible plot? Is it possible Flight 800 was a precursor to the September 11 attacks?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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