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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. Who does Sandecker communicate with in Projection Room B?

2. What train is supposed to be coming into the station?

3. Who stops Sandecker when he is out jogging in Chapter 23?

4. What does Danielle Sarveux think when she is told that her husband may walk with a cane?

5. How many people die on the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What safety precautions are in effect at the hydroelectric plant?

2. What is some of the equipment in the NUMA headquarters?

3. What were some of the crimes that Max Roubaix committed?

4. What is Hiram Meechum, the Western Union man, doing while he waits for the train?

5. Why were the tests of the Doodlebug conducted in the Labrador Sea?

6. Who comes into the Wacketshire station while Harding and Meechum wait for the Manhattan Limited?

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

8. What does Brigadier General Simms ask Brian Shaw to do?

9. What does Admiral Sandecker look like?

10. Describe the Doodlebug.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Prime Minister Charles Sarveux compares himself to Lincoln. Argue whether Sarveux's struggles to keep Canada are or are not similar to the struggles that Lincoln faced when trying to keep the United States together. Use examples from the book to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

There are several different types of genre that might describe Night Probe! Select a genre that you feel fits the novel, and use examples from the book to show how the book fits into the genre that you chose.

Essay Topic 3

Usually in a novel there are dynamic characters, characters who grow or change during the course of the story. There are also static characters, who are very much the same at the end of the novel as they were at the beginning. Argue whether any characters in the novel could be considered dynamic characters. Use examples from Night Probe! to support your arguments.

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