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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 is Gly's price for not turning incriminating photographs over to the press?

2. On what type of a night does the phantom train make noise and show a light?

3. What did Magee's house used to be?

4. How many times does Dirk have the area around the old railroad bed photographed?

5. To whom does the author compare Premier Jules Guerrier's appearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Joe Epstein, a columnist for the Baltimore Sun, research for Dirk?

2. Why does the President need the copy of the treaty?

3. Why is Villon surprised when Gly comes up to him and Danielle when they are near the ferry dock?

4. Why does the President's Chief of Staff meet Dirk at a car auction?

5. How does Dirk believe that Harding and Meechum were fooled the night that the Manhattan Limited disappeared?

6. How does Gly escape death when the hydroplane rams into a Japanese cargo ship?

7. Who does the President send to help Dirk and his crew?

8. What four things does Dirk tell Moon he has to have if he is going to look for the North American Treaty?

9. What Sarveux comes home from the hospital, what does he tell Villon?

10. What are the conditions that Sarveux sets for an independent Quebec?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does the author use third person limited or third person omniscient point of view? Present arguments indicating which point of view the author uses. Use examples from the novel to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

The novel has more than one protagonist. Choose the characters that you believe are the protagonists and and present arguments to support your choices. Use examples from the book to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what a night probe is and explain why the term is a good title for the novel.

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