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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. Where does Popov dream of retiring to?

2. What agency does Gus Werner work for?

3. How can the Shiva Virus be contracted?

4. What animal is Ramirez compared to?

5. In what kind of building is the first hostage situation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Connelly act after securing Ostermann's house?

2. What does Brightling tell Popov and Henricksen about Rainbow?

3. Why does Carol avoid her ex-husband at a banquet?

4. What does Popov tell the plumber in the pub?

5. What is the big job given to the Basque terrorists?

6. What does Grady want in addition to the money from Popov and why?

7. Why is the fog system at the Olympics so important?

8. What does Andre do when Rainbow has the lights in the park shut off?

9. Why is the plane re-routed at the beginning of the book?

10. What happens when Mary is given an inhibition reducer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Tom Clancy have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

Power and greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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