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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 did the dates in which John returned to the United States and the date on which he scheduled the meeting regarding the videotape foreshadow disaster?

2. What does Jill confess to being bored with?

3. Who does John have breakfast with the morning of September 10?

4. What does Jill tell John in Chapter 45 happened to the original video tape taken the night of the crash of Flight 800?

5. What name does John discover on the receipt in Chapter 36?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nash first tell John about the crash of Flight 800 when they meet on the beach?

2. 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?

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

4. What does John find at home after searching all day for Kate?

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

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

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

8. On what day does John return from Yemen? Why is this day significant?

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

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

Discuss the setting of the novel. How does the time in which the novel is set predict the end of the novel? What impact could John's investigation have had on the attacks of September 11 had he not been sent to Yemen? Why does the author arrange the final meeting between John and Nash in the North Tower of the World Trade Center? How do the deaths of Nash and Koenig in the World Trade Center stop John from going public with all he knows about the crash of TWA Flight 800?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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