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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 agency does Kenner work for?

2. What were the explosives called?

3. What year did meteorologists claim that El Ninos could be predicted?

4. Where was this conference held?

5. What was Sanjong doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Sarah want to go to the police?

2. What was George Morton involved in globally and what in particular trait did all these things have in common?

3. For what reasons didn't Sarah blend in with the crowd?

4. How was Marisa's boyfriend described?

5. What things gave away the man posing as a geologist in the jungle?

6. What difference is there in Evans behavior towards Kenner in the beginning of the Terror section and towards the end?

7. What happened to Damon in Vancouver?

8. Why was everyone so concerned about George?

9. What were the threats made by Drake to Evans?

10. Why did Sarah begin to feel like a coward?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did you, as the reader, feel about this book? Which character did you identify most with? Why? Which character did you like the most/least? Why? Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Research at least three reference points made in the novel. Quote which page and the reference that it makes, with relevance to the story. Read the initial document from which the information came, and cite at least two interesting points made in the initial document.

Essay Topic 3

How does the segment on PLM, or Politico-legal-media complex affect your way of thinking? Examine what it is that the Professor talks about. Do you agree that Western nations spend way too much money on fear? Why or why not? How much money have you spent on fear? Was it ever justified? How or why not?

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