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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 eventually confess she did with the rented video tape of A MAN AND A WOMAN?

2. Who does Kate tell John is watching their door?

3. Which of the following people is not invited to the meeting the following morning, as John explains to Jill in Chapter 50?

4. Why does John leave his car in a parking lot of SUNY in Chapter 48?

5. Where is Kate returning to New York from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does John know that Jill made a copy of the videotape?

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 the video tape. What was on the video tape? Why did Jill Winslow hide it for so many years? Why did Jill make a copy in the first place? Why did Bud erase the original tape? Who has the original tape? What does John believe was done with the original tape? How does John know this? What does Jill force John to watch on the tape before it comes to the part he is most interested in? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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