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

2. What does Michael O'Rourke do since his friend, Mark Coleman, was killed by an addict with multiple convictions for armed robbery that has been released early?
(a) He goes everywhere with a hired driver.
(b) He carries a gun with a special permit.
(c) He stays off the streets after dark.
(d) He resumes the martial arts training he learned as a Marine.

3. After viewing the bodies at the Turnquist crime scene, Dr. Kennedy and General Heaney believe the killers are what?
(a) Police S.W.A.T. members.
(b) Terrorists.
(c) Military comandos.
(d) Political extremists.

4. In Chapter 8, Stevens refers to the killers as what during his televised news broadcast?
(a) Murderers.
(b) Terrorists.
(c) Assassins.
(d) Commandos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. General Heaney believes the assassins come from where?

2. When killing Congressman Jack Koslowski, the assassination team goes to great pains to avoid killing a dog or the owner who is a retired what?

3. What does the President's Chief of Staff do at the close of Chapter 4?

4. As McMahon plays the tape of the modulated call he got from Michael O'Rourke for the group in the Situation Room, who notices that Garret becomes noticeably upset?

5. Stevens agrees the FBI must take the tape seriously, but, at whose suggestion, does not want its contents known by anyone else?

Short Essay Questions

1. What message does the old man from the cemetery call and leave for McMahon?

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

3. Why does Michael O'Rourke carry a concealed gun?

4. What does McMahon take in when he arrives at the scene of the Turnquist murder?

5. What measures do the assassins take in killing Speaker Basset?

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

7. Why is Scarlatti upset in Chapter 16?

8. Chapter 15 is short and addresses what?

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

10. What takes place at the meeting at Camp David in Chapter 20?

(see the answer keys)

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