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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 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?

2. What odd phone call does John receive in his hotel room in Chapter 38?

3. What does Jill confess to being bored with?

4. Whom does Kate finally meet at a going away party for her and John in Chapter 31?

5. Why does John wait more than an hour on Cupsogue Beach County Park in Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does John find when he goes to the Plaza to retrieve the videotape from the hotel safety deposit box?

3. What is Jill's biggest fear now that John knows the truth about the videotape?

4. What does Nash claim was on the videotape the couple on the beach took 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. How does John know that Jill made a copy of the videotape?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss symbolism and how it is related to one of the following items:

1) A MAN AND A WOMAN tape

2) Hotel Blanket

3) Camera lens cap

Essay Topic 3

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?

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