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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. How long did John look for Kate before returning to his apartment?

2. Who from the FBI does Jill Winslow tell John she has already spoken with in Chapter 45?

3. Who else shows up to meet Kate's plane?

4. To where does John go in Chapter 42 after arriving in the city he has chosen to visit?

5. How does John react when Kate arrives in Chapter 52?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Roxanne able to tell John that she recalls of room 203 when she cleaned it the night of the plane crash?

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

4. What is significant about the pink receipt John is able to locate with the help of the hotel manager for a VCR tape the couple in room 203 took out the night of the plane crash?

5. What does Nash ask of John when he hears the title of the movie John plans to allow him to view at their meeting?

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

7. With whom does John fight at his and Kate's going away party and why?

8. Where does John arrange to meet with Nash the following morning? What is significant about this location?

9. How does John know that Jill made a copy of the videotape?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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