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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 not believe an American missile could have caused the crash of TWA Flight 800?

2. What does Kate tell John upon his arrival at home that implies their supervisors are 'on to them'?

3. Why does John calls Dom Fanelli in Chapter 29?

4. What room in the Bayview Hotel does John request he be allowed to view in Chapter 25?

5. What do John and Kate promise to do if they are approached about the re-investigation into the crash of Flight 800?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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 key evidence did the FBI hide from Marie Gubitosi while she was investigating the couple from the beach?

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

9. How does Tom Spruck explain his theory when previous investigators have already ruled them out?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the end, everyone involved in the investigation dies except for John and Kate. How does this cause a credibility problem for John and Kate? Does John have a copy of the videotape? What happened to all the copies of the tape? What would John do with the tape if one still existed? Who might believe John without a tape and without a witness? What does this imply about the real story of the crash of TWA Flight 800? Is it possible John's story could be accurate? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss John's decision to continue pursuing the investigation even after being warned away. Why did John begin investigating the crash? Why does he continue to investigate? What is John's overall goal in investigating this crash? Does John go into the investigation with the belief that terrorists are involved, or does John have some other motive for beginning this investigation? How many times is John warned to stay away from the investigation? Who gives these warnings? What are their motives?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the video tape. What was on the video tape? Why did Jill Winslow hide it for so many years? Why did Jill make a copy in the first place? Why did Bud erase the original tape? Who has the original tape? What does John believe was done with the original tape? How does John know this? What does Jill force John to watch on the tape before it comes to the part he is most interested in? Why?

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