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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. Who cries in an elevator after seeing Karr and Dean?

2. What is important about the item Lia must deliver on her North Korea mission?

3. Why does Duoar kill the engineer who studies wave technology?

4. Why doesn't the assassin want to kill Jacques Ponclare?

5. Why doesn't Lia board her plane out of Morocco?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Karr and the French inspector learn from Kensworth's sister?

2. Why do the American authorities debate over whether or not to inform the French about their suspicions regarding potential terrorist activity?

3. Explain how Johnny and his crew search for codes sent by terrorists on computers.

4. Who hired Kensworth and why?

5. How do Duoar's people prepare his blue van?

6. Briefly describe the woman whose purse gets snatched.

7. How do the French terrorists use other people's computers and how do the terrorists pass messages to each other?

8. What do Dean and Lia plan to do once the library closes?

9. Why don't Dean and Karr meet their first contact?

10. What do Karr and LaFoot do when two other men approach Vefoures's house after the police have gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and discuss three points of foreshadowing from the novel. Did the author use foreshadowing effectively? Define foreshadowing in your essay as well.

Essay Topic 2

Irony is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. There are three types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. Identify and discuss two examples of irony in the book. Which type of irony is it? What is expected and what actually occurs with your examples?

Essay Topic 3

Define falling action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the rising action in Deep Black. How did it flow? What role did the falling action have in the story and how did it work?

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