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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 is Kate returning to New York from?

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

3. Who does John call to find his new suspect in Chapter 37?

4. What does John see when the video reaches the part in which TWA Flight 800 crashes?

5. What question does John want to ask this person on the beach in Chapter 40 that he chooses not to verbalize?

Short Essay Questions

1. What question plagues John as he waits for Dom Fanelli to locate Jill Winslow?

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

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

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

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

6. What does John hear as he approaches the North Tower a few minutes behind Jill and Kate?

7. Where does John take Jill after ditching his car in a university parking lot?

8. What does Jill promise to do for John when Kate arrives?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Ted Nash. Who is Ted Nash? Why does John believe he is dead at the beginning of the novel? How does John learn Nash is still alive? Why does Nash reveal this truth to John? What is Nash afraid John will learn? Did Nash have an affair with John's wife? Why do several characters claim that Kate and Nash were lovers? What does Nash tell John about the couple who videotaped the crash? What does Nash say about the videotape? Is this true? Why does Nash offer this explanation to John?

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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