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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. According to Valery Kupchuck's speech to the intelligence community, how many threats against the Moscow Olympics have been logged in?

2. After escaping from the room where the athletes are being held hostage, whom do Alix and David run into in the hallway?

3. After getting off of the train, whose home is Alix escorted to?

4. How much money do the terrorists demand that their identified American corporations pay to the state of Israel?

5. How much time do the terrorists give for their demands to be met?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does David react to Belov's announcement regarding jurisdiction over the search for the Dachau Two terrorists?

2. How is the strike team planning to gain access into the Olympic Village?

3. What does Alix suddenly realize about David when she sees him again in the Olympic Village?

4. What images does Alix relive in her mind as she walks and tries to clear her head in the morning the attacks are to begin?

5. Why does Alix insist on typing out the demand rewrites herself?

6. What idea is first suggested by Ben-Iban, but becomes so well received that Essmann takes credit for the idea?

7. What does the Soldier tell the Engineer and Architect before they get down to business?

8. Why do the broadcasters report that there is hope in Moscow as the terrorists' deadline nears?

9. Describe the activity of the Red Army as they assemble in preparation for their plan of attack to begin.

10. What unnerves David as he is reading the prepared sheets about the Moscow Olympic Village?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did the author choose the title "See How They Run" for this book? How does the title foreshadow the events that unfold in David's life? In Alix's life? In the Olympic Village?

Essay Topic 2

The Fuhrer employs many sinister techniques to make sure the people involved in his scheme end up exactly where they are supposed to.

a. Identify three methods the Fuhrer uses to keep the other characters in place.

b. How does the Fuhrer hide his identity and what does he have to gain by keeping his identity secret? What does he have to lose by keeping his identity secret?

c. What other methods might the Fuhrer have used to achieve his purpose? Would any of your methods have been as effective as the Fuhrer's plan in the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the three main demands given by the terrorists. For each demand, tell the terrorists' reasoning behind the demand, what the terrorists hope to accomplish through their demand, and the likelihood of the demand actually being met by those involved.

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