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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who suddenly arrives at the cabin and verifies what Scott Coleman is telling Michael O'Rourke about Olson's death?
(a) Arthur Higgins.
(b) Seamus O'Rourke.
(c) Tim O'Rourke.
(d) Kevin Hackett.

2. Where do Seamus and Michael O'Rourke travel to meet with Augie Jackson?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Maryland.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) West Virginia.

3. What does Garret tell the National Security adviser he worries the deaths of Koslowski and Basset will do?
(a) Prevent the President's re-election.
(b) Send the country into mass hysteria.
(c) Deadlock the Senate and House.
(d) Force the President into hiding.

4. Jackson tells the O'Rourke men that he believes who is responsible for the deaths of Olson and Turnquist?
(a) Stansfield.
(b) Higgins.
(c) Nance.
(d) Garret.

5. The assassin in the opening scene does not regret having killed his victims as he feels they lacked what?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Courage.
(c) Honor.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the President's reaction to Olson's murder?

2. Following Mark Coleman's death, Michael O'Rourke become more dissatisfied with what?

3. Olson offends Seamus O'Rourke with a comment about his past connection to what organization?

4. What is the occupation of the individual McMahon and Kennedy meet?

5. When assassinating Basset, what means do the killers use to avoid injuring any civilians?

Short Essay Questions

1. During the Situation Room meeting, McMahon plays the recording he received, and what do General Heaney and Dr. Irene Kennedy do?

2. What happens during the meeting Stevens has with his advisers following Olson's assassination?

3. What is some important information about Michael O'Rourke's background that the reader learns in Chapter 7?

4. Using a mobile scramble phone to call McMahon, what do Michael O'Rourke and Scott Coleman tell him?

5. How is Congressman Burt Turnquist killed?

6. What does the file that Jackson gives to Michael O'Rourke contain?

7. What happens when the Secret Service Agent in charge of Basset's protection, Agent Harry Dorle, goes to the White House after Basset's murder?

8. How does the first chapter begin?

9. How do Michael and Seamus O'Rourke get Senator Olson to talk about the budget summit at Camp David in Chapter 23?

10. What results from Ted Hopkinson's polls in Chapter 10?

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