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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Western Union man doing while waiting for the train?
(a) Playing chess.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Taking a walk.
(d) Having a late supper.

2. Within a fifty mile radius of what area did the murders occur that are attributed to Max Roubaix?
(a) Moose Jaw, Alberta.
(b) Churchill, Manitoba.
(c) Hay River, Northwest Territories.
(d) Fort George, Quebec.

3. In Chapter 3, where is the train station located?
(a) Hudson, New York.
(b) Rochester, New York.
(c) Buffalo, New York.
(d) Wacketshire, New York.

4. Why did Gly leave his home state?
(a) His grandmother died.
(b) He was tired of living in a small town.
(c) His parents died.
(d) He killed his grandfather.

5. How many people die on the train?
(a) 57.
(b) 138.
(c) 212.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does Sandecker run daily?

2. Where is Shaw going after he leaves Washington, D.C.?

3. In what hotel does Heidi stay in Washington, D.C.?

4. Where does Sandecker have a light dinner after arguing over the NUMA budget?

5. What nickname has the train engineer given the locomotive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Peter Beasley find a reference to the North American Treaty?

2. What does the Doodlebug find?

3. Why is Mercier worried as he works late at the beginning of Chapter 21?

4. Why is Villon so upset about the bungled attempt to kill the Prime Minister by shooting down his plane?

5. Why does Mercier meet with the Secretary of Energy, Ronald Klein?

6. Why does Giordino interrupt Sandecker's meeting with the Security Council?

7. Describe the Pullman car that Essex is traveling in.

8. Why is it highly unlikely that someone could tap into Pitt's video transmissions?

9. Why does the dispatcher from Albany call the train station?

10. What does Admiral Sandecker look like?

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