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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 Jill force John to watch when she shows him the videotape of the plane crash?

2. Who comes out of hiding just as John is prepared to leave?

3. What does John do in Chapter 42 after his meeting on the beach?

4. What does John find when he returns to his apartment?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What important detail is Roxanne able to supply John about an item that is no longer available in the Bayview Hotel rooms now, but was in 1996?

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

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

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

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

Who is Jill Winslow? Why was Jill on the beach the night Flight 800 went down? What did Jill see? Why does Jill quickly leave the scene? Who is Jill with? How does this companion influence Jill's decision to copy the tape? Why does Jill keep the tape to herself for five years? Why does Jill eventually give the tape to John? How does the discovery of this tape change the direction of John's investigation? What does the tape prove?

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