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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. Chapter 3 shows a brash side of Congressman O'Rourke that establishes his physical abilities and reminds the reader of Michael's what?
(a) Marine training.
(b) Coast Guard training.
(c) Navy training.
(d) Army training.

2. Despite Secret Service warnings against any public appearances, Basset decides to participate in what?
(a) A live television interview.
(b) A newspaper interview.
(c) A recorded radio interview.
(d) A taped television interview.

3. As the politicians ignore his warnings that the White House would be safer than Camp David, Secret Service Agent Jack Warch makes what transportation arrangements?
(a) Military helicopter from the White House lawn.
(b) Police helicopter from the White House lawn.
(c) Armored limousine from the White House drive.
(d) Armored limousine from an underground lot.

4. McMahon meets with Heaney and Dr. Kennedy, who have been reviewing ex-commando personnel files, and they decide to do what?
(a) Place their suspects under surveillance.
(b) Narrow the field of suspects, then place them under surveillance.
(c) Call suspects to active duty, dispatching them to the Middle East.
(d) Call suspects to active duty, confining them to military quarters.

5. Rumor has it that Higgins was forced out of the CIA as they could not control his behavior, and he often did things without whose approval?
(a) The President's and CIA Director's.
(b) The CIA Director's and Congress'.
(c) The President's and Congress'.
(d) The Dark Ops head's and CIA Director's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Early in the investigation, McMahon and Kennedy become aware of what?

2. When Nance is alone with Higgins, he tells Arthur that Warch knows that they blackmailed which legislator?

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

4. What does the individual in the opening scene toss into the fire?

5. Senator Erik Olson decides to disregard the advice of the FBI and the Secret Service and does what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Olson assassinated?

2. Why is Scarlatti upset in Chapter 16?

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

4. What sort of security system does Higgins employ at his personal residence?

5. What does Augie Jackson tell Seamus and Michael O'Rourke when they travel to Georgia?

6. What is President Stevens doing in his meeting with Stu Garret and Mark Dickson at the start of Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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