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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mitch squeezes Donatella's hand in three quick successions in Chapter Twenty-One, what does his gesture signify?
(a) That they should get their guns ready.
(b) That he fears someone's listening to their conversation.
(c) That someone's watching them.
(d) That he wants to kiss her.

2. What aspect of Mitch's career does Anna like least because it reminds her of her childhood worries about her father?
(a) The exposure to inclement weather.
(b) The danger.
(c) The long hours.
(d) The low pay.

3. In Chapter Six, why doesn't Mitch think he can take the job Irene Kennedy has offered him?
(a) He wants to start his own business.
(b) He prefers to work abroad.
(c) The salary is too low.
(d) He doesn't think he could stand the boring routine.

4. Which of General Flood's suggestions would have only a ninety percent chance of success?
(a) M16 rifles and tanks.
(b) Using the Tomahawk cruise missiles.
(c) Germ warefare.
(d) Using the F117A stealth fighters.

5. Who kills Yanta in Chapter Twenty-Four ?
(a) Mitch.
(b) Donatella.
(c) Ben Freidman.
(d) Marc Rosenthal.

6. What kind of help does Clark offer to provide Rudin?
(a) Congressional help.
(b) Help evading the media.
(c) Financial help.
(d) A referral to someone skilled at uncovering secrets.

7. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the videotape that Irene Kennedy plays for Mitch in Chapter Four?
(a) Mitch denies knowing who the person in the video is.
(b) The person in the video is a man.
(c) Irene knows the person's name.
(d) The person in the video is a woman.

8. Who is Mitch flying to Milan to meet?
(a) Marc Rosenthal.
(b) Donatella.
(c) Ben Freidman.
(d) Anna.

9. Who does Mark Ellis visit in Chapter One?
(a) President Hayes.
(b) Congressman Albert Rudin.
(c) Donatella.
(d) Senator Hank Clark.

10. In Chapter Twelve, why doesn't Hank Clark want to risk a divorce from his third wife?
(a) His wife has lots of friends in the media.
(b) The scandal could ruin his chance for becoming President.
(c) His wife's father is a mobster who would kill him.
(d) His wife would ruin him financially.

11. What does Anna like about shopping in Milan?
(a) She has a new credit card to use there.
(b) She can buy designer clothes cheaper than in America.
(c) She is shopping there with Mitch.
(d) Her favorite shoestore is there.

12. What is Saddam Hussein getting from Park Chow Lee and North Korea in exchange for Iraqi oil?
(a) Money.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Nuclear weapons.
(d) Tanks.

13. How do the President's military advisers suggest increasing the odds of their plan for the Baghdad hospital actually working?
(a) Kidnap Saddam Hussein or one of his sons.
(b) Kidnap one of Saddam Hussein's wives.
(c) Bomb around the area first to create a distraction.
(d) Use Arab Americans as team members.

14. What is Mark Ellis' profession?
(a) He's a venture capitalist.
(b) He's a physician.
(c) He's a politician.
(d) He's a lawyer.

15. Which of the following statements is NOT a reason Ben Freidman uses in selecting the assassin to kill Donatella?
(a) The assassin has never worked with Donatella.
(b) The assassin is good at what he does.
(c) The assassin is loyal to him.
(d) The assassin is an ex-lover of Donatella's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Six, why doesn't Mitch think he can marry Anna, have children, and live a peaceful life?

2. Where does Park Chow Lee work?

3. In Chapter One, who warns Ellis NOT to mess with Irene Kennedy or the CIA if he doesn't want to end up dead?

4. How does Donatella respond to Mitch's warning?

5. In what field does Park Chow Lee have a Ph.D.?

(see the answer keys)

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