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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 tells Karr about the chemist who disappeared?

2. What is the name of the small warhead that is missing?

3. Who tells Karr that he sent Kensworth?

4. Which officer gives Dean information about the murdered man?

5. Where was the murdered man hired?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Karr changes Deidre's travel plans, who is following him and why?

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

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

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

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

6. What three challenges do NSA computer analysts face as they begin to determine the French terrorists' plans?

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

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

9. Explain what happens when Lia and Dean arrive at the French library.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a genre? Discuss both the genre and sub-genre categories that best describe Deep Black.

Essay Topic 2

What is an antagonist? Discuss the antagonist of this novel in detail, relating the antagonist specifically to the type of conflict featured in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the differences between major and minor characters in literature. Discuss Dean and Karr as major characters and select two other characters to analyze as minor characters. How do the minor characters fit the definition?

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