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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 had hired Kensworth?

2. What update from headquarters does Dean receive about the chemist who disappeared?

3. Who meets with Rubens to discuss the terrorists' internet activity?

4. Under what condition does Duoar agree to pay double to the assassin?

5. Who is killed by suffocation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do police say is the official cause of the fire at Vefoures's home?

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

3. When Mussa Duoar meets Donohue about the Ponclare job, what is Duoar's disguise? What is unique about Duoar regarding disguise?

4. Why does Mussa Duoar want LaFoote killed?

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

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

7. How does Lia learn of her fate when she is put aboard another plane by Russians?

8. What was the scene at Waterloo Station?

9. Why does Lia have a "minder" during her stay in North Korea?

10. What do LaFoote and Karr hope to find in the rubble of Vefoures's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define exposition and discuss the exposition of this novel. What does the reader learn from the exposition in Deep Black? Is the information consistent throughout the book or does it change? Explain your answer and reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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