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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 animal does Burnham compare Dyanna to?

2. What does the President ask Burnham at the Cabinet meeting?

3. What does Burnham sense he needed to do immediately after Eva told him she was a spy?

4. When he drags him into the car, what does Teal insist that Pym do?

5. What does Ivy see people doing on the street as she crossed the street in the neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eva think of Burnham?

2. Who is the first person Burnham wants to call from his new office?

3. Describe Burnham's opinion on the Invasion of the Honduras.

4. Why will Burnham not turn Eva in after she confessed she was a spy?

5. What does Burnham do after he steals the tapes he needs to blackmail Epstein?

6. Why does Eva say that the President might have really loved Burnham?

7. Who is Teal referring to when he speaks of B-12?

8. Considering the development of Burnham's relationship to the President throughout the book, how has Burnham influenced American Foreign Policy?

9. What does Burnham realize after the ordeal of his first Cabinet meeting?

10. What is Burnham's ironic thought about Sarah after he solves the crisis with Toddy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Burnham's relationship with Eva cause him to lose his job? Explain using examples from the text.

1) Did Eva care about what Burnham does for a living?

2) Did Eva enjoy spying on Burnham?

3) Does Eva help Burnham? How?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think that Burnham has control over events in his life? What and how?

1) Has Burnham planned his career as a Presidential speech writer?

2) Does Burnham have any influence over Sarah and his children?

3) Does Burnham intentionally earn the Presidents respect? How? Explain using examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Sarah appears to have some very strong principles, and uses this as a reason for kicking Burnham out of the house.

Part 1) What are Sarah's complaints about Burnham?

Part 2) Do you think Sarah was being fair in her accusations?

Part 3) Does it seem to you that Sarah's friend, Sonja, was influencing her, as Burnham believed she was? Explain, using examples from the book.

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