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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 theory does Kate claim is in a category all its own?

2. What is the name of the manager of the hotel where the videotaping lovers were staying?

3. What items does Marie ask John to buy in Chapter 18 before agreeing to meet him?

4. What motivation causes John to decide to investigate the crash of Flight 800 despite the inherent dangers?

5. What object does Kate believe will be key evidence in the investigation into the crash of TWA Flight 800?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the result of John's meeting with Stein?

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

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

5. What do John and Kate agree to do if anyone asks about their re-investigation into the crash of TWA Flight 800?

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

9. What theory of the CIA does Kate not support and John doubts?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting of the novel. How does the time in which the novel is set predict the end of the novel? What impact could John's investigation have had on the attacks of September 11 had he not been sent to Yemen? Why does the author arrange the final meeting between John and Nash in the North Tower of the World Trade Center? How do the deaths of Nash and Koenig in the World Trade Center stop John from going public with all he knows about the crash of TWA Flight 800?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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