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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 happens as he leaves the cemetery?

2. How long had Joe worked as a crime reporter?

3. What eludes Joe at the beach?

4. Who does Joe run into in the newsroom?

5. Where does he go after K-Mart?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Joe go to the beach in Santa Monica before going to visit the cemetery where his wife and daughters are?

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

3. What happens to Bob's mother after she meets with Rose?

4. What things draw his attention on the streets of the San Fernando Valley and why?

5. What actions simultaneously thrill and repulse Joe?

6. What has happened in Joe's life since the plane crash?

7. What is the culmination of the day's events in Joe's life?

8. Who is at the Delmann house, and what surprises does she reveal?

9. 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?

10. Why does Joe experience these things despite not having been on the flight itself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Barbara Christman so brutally honest with Joe as she describes the condition of the plane and the remains left behind? What is she hoping to communicate to him? Why does she feel that it is necessary to be so harsh? Is Joe in danger of losing himself to false hope when he finds the three seats that are still intact? What does he believe this proves?

Essay Topic 2

Why is SSW-89-58 tasked with ending the lives of both Rose and CCY-21-21? What possible harm could they be to Project 99? What other reasons do the project managers have for fearing CCY-21-21? What can this subject do that might change the entire project, not to mention the people who run it? Why are they unable to see the benefit of these gifts? What one major character flaw do they possess that prevents them from wanting the gift she is able to offer?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Joe have difficulty when he tries to withdraw more than usual from his own bank account? What kind of reception does he get from both the teller and the branch manager, despite the fact that they both know him by sight? How is that in direct contradiction from the behavior of any savings institution when money is being deposited? Why is there this kind of altered attitude?

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