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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 does John see when he arrives at the North Tower of the World Trade Center?

2. Who does John describe as the referee in his description of the people he plans to invite to the meeting regarding the videotape?

3. What item does the maid tell John was once in all the rooms at Bayview, but which John did not see on his visit to the hotel?

4. Who does the maid from the Bayview Hotel tell John interviewed her the day after the crash of TWA Flight 800?

5. What story does John use in Chapter 43 to get close to a suspect?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. What does Kate have to say about the conspiracy to hide the tape when John is done catching her up on the case?

5. Where does John go after speaking to Nash?

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

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

8. What reason does John give the police for wanting to speak to Jill Winslow?

9. How many cars do John, Jill, and Kate take to the North Tower? For what reason?

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

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

Compare and contrast one of the following settings:

1) Westhampton and John's small apartment

2) Windows on the World Restaurant and the small Greek coffee shop

3) Bayview Hotel and the Plaza Hotel.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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