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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When questioned by the Senate Committee, how does Irene Kennedy respond when asked if she advised the President to have the FBI raid Congressman Rudin's home?
(a) She denies the accusation.
(b) She admits she did.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She ignores the question.

3. How does Brown respond to what Steveken tells him in the park?
(a) He's interested but wants to meet again the next day.
(b) He is outraged.
(c) He doesn't want to be contacted again.
(d) He is interested but too afraid to meet again.

4. At the end of Chapter Forty-Nine, what does Mitch ask Anna to do?
(a) Go to Hawaii on vacation with him.
(b) Break up with him.
(c) Marry him.
(d) Move to California with him.

5. What lie does Steveken tell Rudin when they meet at the end of Chapter Thirty-Five?
(a) That he has taped their meeting.
(b) That his life is in danger and the CIA is after him.
(c) That Irene Kennedy is guilty of money laundering.
(d) That he has reported him to the FBI.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what television show does Rudin appear in Chapter Thirty-Seven?

2. With whom does Mitch walk out onto the dance floor at the end of the novel?

3. How does Freidman decide to handle the situation with Donatella?

4. How many Mercedes sedans has Colonel Gray obtained for the Baghdad mission?

5. In Chapter Forty-Six, how does the President describe Mitch during his press conference?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Anna give herself for breaking up with Mitch in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

2. What goes wrong with the timing of the missile attack designed to provide a diversion for the Delta Force's mission and how will could this problem potentially affect the mission?

3. What is the code name or nickname Colonel Gray and Kennedy use for Mitch in Chapter Twenty-Six, and what does this name indicate about Mitch and his abilities?

4. How does Rudin's showing of Mitch's photo affect Mitch's ability to work under cover and how does the President counteract the damage to Mitch's reputation?

5. Why does Colonel Gray want Mitch for the Delta Force's Baghdad mission?

6. Explain how, in Chapter Forty-Nine, Anna gets Mitch to understand the feelings she experienced in Milan when she didn't know if she would ever see him again?

7. How successful is Mitch's disguise as Saddam Hussein's son, Uday, once the Delta Force team arrives in Baghdad?

8. What examples of Uday Hussein's cruelty does Mitch relate to the other members of his Delta Force team en route to their Baghdad destination?

9. How does Donatella arouse Anna's jealousy when they meet in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

10. What political scandal does Albert Rudin introduce on the Meet the Press television show?

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