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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 picks Karr for a body guard?

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

3. Who is following Karr as he provides his services as an escort/body guard?

4. How do Dean and Lia escape the alarms of the Islamic charity office?

5. Who pulls a gun on Lia in the Islamic charity?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does LaFoote use the CDs found in Vefoures's cottage as leverage with Karr?

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

3. Briefly describe the woman whose purse gets snatched.

4. What does Karr do when he visits LaFoote's priest for the first time?

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

6. Briefly discuss the little known revolt of French generals in Algeria. Why is it significant in this story?

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

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

9. Why does Lia think she is directed to two soldiers who want to see her? What happens instead?

10. What change of plans do Lia and Dean make on their way to the airport after she completes her mission at the Islamic Charity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Name and discuss three historical events or actual locations that exist in real-life and are mentioned in the book. What role does each event play in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of the author's choice of verb tense in Deep Black. Define the three types of tenses and explain how they are typically identified.

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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