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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 train is supposed to be coming into the station?
(a) Albany Express.
(b) Rochester Limited.
(c) Manhattan Limited.
(d) Hudson Express.

2. What is used to bring down the Prime Minister's plane?
(a) Damage to one of the engines.
(b) A bomb.
(c) Ground-to-air missiles.
(d) Air in a fuel line.

3. What does Danielle Sarveux think when she is told that her husband may walk with a cane?
(a) Thanks goodness it was not more serious.
(b) He won't be able to jog anymore.
(c) That will be worth 20,000 votes.
(d) He won't be able to cross country ski.

4. What happens to Shields at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He falls and breaks a leg.
(b) He drowns.
(c) He gets in an accident.
(d) He cuts his arm.

5. What does Sandecker do when he is jogging?
(a) Talks to himself.
(b) Smokes a cigar.
(c) Chews gum.
(d) Sings.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the reader first meets Alan Mercier, what type of car is he riding in?

2. What weapon did Roubaix use?

3. Who knew about the Doodlebug project besides the staff at NUMA?

4. How many people die on the Prime Minister's plane?

5. What comparison does Villon make about his appearance and Gly's appearance?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does John Essex do after Heidi Milligan leaves?

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

4. Describe the Doodlebug.

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

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

7. Why does Harvey Shields think he is experiencing a nightmare?

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

9. What does the Doodlebug find?

10. What does a man do when he finds his daughter half buried in the debris on the ship?

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