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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter Thirty-Four, what does Mitch think will happen if he and Anna are meant to be together?
(a) He and Anna will run into each other somewhere.
(b) Anna will call him and apologize.
(c) Anna will accept his job and all its inherent danger.
(d) Anna will be waiting when he gets back from Iraq.

2. What happens when the Mercedes driven by the Orion Team speeds past an Iraqi policeman?
(a) The policeman escorts it the rest of the way to the hospital.
(b) The policeman stops it and demands to look inside.
(c) The policeman just looks away.
(d) The policeman pursues it.

3. How does Hank Clark kill Rudin?
(a) He throws him out the window.
(b) He shoots him.
(c) He stabs him.
(d) He poisons him.

4. On what television show does Rudin appear in Chapter Thirty-Seven?
(a) The Tonight Show.
(b) Larry King Live.
(c) Saturday Night Live.
(d) Meet the Press.

5. What is the President's response to Rudin's television appearance?
(a) He admires Rudin.
(b) He's furious that Rudin has gone behind his back.
(c) He wants to have Rudin assassinated.
(d) He is amused.

6. Which CIA agent is nicknamed Iron Man?
(a) Derek Adams.
(b) Mitch.
(c) Scott Coleman.
(d) Peter Cameron.

7. Why does Brown think others in the CIA don't trust him?
(a) He once leaked a government secret to the media.
(b) He once chickened out on a mission.
(c) He's a former judge with no experience as a spy.
(d) He never served in the military.

8. Why isn't Hank Clark as shocked as he pretends to be by the news that Irene Kennedy has been running illegal operations in the Middle East?
(a) Irene has already confided her guilt to him.
(b) Ben Freidman has already reported that fact to him.
(c) He is one of the senators who supported Kennedy's actions.
(d) His spies have already reported that fact to him.

9. When General Flood describes the Baghdad hospital mission to Mitch in Chapter Thirty, what about the plan concerns Mitch?
(a) The likelihood of its failure.
(b) The small number of agents available to participate.
(c) The possibility of killing innocent civilians.
(d) The cost.

10. What reason does the President give during his press conference for the Baghdad mission being Mitch's last mission?
(a) Mitch is switching from field work to a desk job at the CIA.
(b) Mitch is leaving the country to move to Israel.
(c) Rudin's televising of Mitch's photo has blown Mitch's cover.
(d) Mitch is leaving the CIA.

11. Why isn't Congressman Tim Zebarth, the man interviewing Rudin on camera, shocked by the news of Irene Kennedy's Middle East Operations?
(a) He has always known the CIA participates in such activities.
(b) He is Irene Kennedy's friend and confidante.
(c) Like Hank Clark, Zebarth is a senator who supported them.
(d) The President already let him know about the operations.

12. Which of the following statements does NOT describe Colonel Gray?
(a) He jogs five miles five days a week.
(b) He's in his sixties.
(c) He's in his mid-forties and still in peak physical condition.
(d) He fires two hundred rounds a day to keep up his skills.

13. When Mitch walks into their room with the wounded Donatella in his arms, what does Anna initially think is wrong with Donatella?
(a) That she's got an injured leg.
(b) That she's dead.
(c) That she's fainted.
(d) That she's drunk.

14. With whom does Mitch walk out onto the dance floor at the end of the novel?
(a) Anna.
(b) Irene Kennedy.
(c) Donatella.
(d) The first lady.

15. What does Kennedy suggest the President ask the FBI to do about Rudin?
(a) File false criminal charges against him.
(b) Arrest him.
(c) Put him under twenty-four hour a day surveillance.
(d) Break into his house and take back the file he has.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter Twenty-Eight, what kind of dog is Jonathan Brown walking through the park?

2. At the end of Chapter Forty-Two, how many F-111's does the U.S. send on the Orion Team's mission?

3. What does Rudin accuse Irene Kennedy of during his television appearance?

4. What does Rudin tell Clark in Chapter Forty-Three that he wants to befall Irene Kennedy?

5. What factor helps keep the Orion Team's Baghdad mission a secret?

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