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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 Jill Winslow's husband go in Chapter 44 that allows John to speak to her alone?

2. What information does Dom Fanelli give John in Chapter 38?

3. Why does John leave his car in a parking lot of SUNY in Chapter 48?

4. What deal does Ted Nash want to make with John in regards to the videotape he now knows John has?

5. How does John react after watching the video tape of the plane crash?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who all does John tell Jill will be at the meeting the following day?

2. John returns to the Bayview Hotel and learns what about the process to check out books from the hotel library?

3. What does Nash claim was on the videotape the couple on the beach took the night of the plane crash?

4. Who does Dom Fanelli tell John was waiting for Kate at the airport?

5. Who arranges for John, Jill, and Kate to have a police escort the following day?

6. How does John ensure that Jill Winslow's husband will not be home when he goes to talk to her?

7. What method does Jill insist was used to destroy the original videotape of the plane crash?

8. What threat does Koenig make to John when they speak the day before the scheduled meeting?

9. What strange phone call does John get just after learning where he can find Jill Winslow?

10. Who does John find waiting for him on the beach when he goes to meet with his mysterious caller?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a descriptive passage that discusses the motivation of one of the following characters and how that motivation impacts the development of the plot:

1) John Corey

2) Kate Mayfield

3) Jack Koenig

4) Ted Nash

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss Jack Koenig. Why does Koenig dislike John? Why do John and Koenig get into disagreements several times in the novel? Why does Koenig send John to Yemen? What might John have been able to prevent if he had finished his investigation into Flight 800 instead of going to Yemen? What was Jack Koenig afraid John might discover? Why does John invite Koenig to the final meeting regarding the VCR tape? What does John think Koenig will do with the tape?

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