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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. What does Joe feel obligated to do?

2. What kind of plane was it?

3. Who is Rose revealed to be?

4. What does he do with the tracking device?

5. Why does Joe call Dewey downstairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it about Dewey's greeting to Joe that embarrasses them both and exemplifies why Joe has avoided all of his old friends and colleagues?

2. Who does Joe try to reach when he returns to the motel, and why is it so difficult?

3. What does Joe decide to do?

4. What is Joe just beginning to discover?

5. What other indications are there that make it clear that Joe is being monitored?

6. What does Joe discover inside the van that surprises him?

7. What experience does Joe have at the bank when he tries to withdraw his own money?

8. What actions simultaneously thrill and repulse Joe?

9. What do the two young men who approach him and ask him if he is holding bring to his attention?

10. What does Joe find when he arrives at the Delmann house on the anniversary of the crash of Flight 353?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are anxiety attacks? How do the anxiety attacks that Joe suffers present themselves? How often does he have them? Is there any rhyme or reason to the onset of these attacks, their severity, or their frequency? What kinds of treatment are available to those who suffer from these attacks? How effective are they? Are medications usually required? What kinds and how effective are they?

Essay Topic 2

What is the company Teknologik? What is their purpose? Why are they described as a company that cannot fail? What kind of corporate structure does Teknologik have? How is the government involved in their operations if at all? What kinds of complications can arise from this kind of arrangement? Is the financial input available in this arrangement something that skews the results that may come from the company or its researchers.

Essay Topic 3

How is Teknologik tied into the mystery of how flight 353 crashed? Who are Drs. Blom and Ramlock? What part do they play in the crash of this flight? Why does the flight recorder that captures the last few minutes of this flight cause such an upheaval? What question is asked repeatedly by the Captain, and why might he have asked it, despite already knowing the answer?

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