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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. After the tape is done playing, Garret and McMahon argue in the Situation Room and who intervenes?
2. Liz Scarlatti introduces herself to Stevens as a reporter for which periodical?
3. What does Olson later do after making the offensive remark to Seamus O'Rourke?
4. In Chapter 20, Scott Coleman warns Michael O'Rourke that there could be trouble if Olson takes the President's side, and that Michael should do what?
5. Garret and Mike Nance help Stevens determine a strategy to pacify the public while helping force whom to resign?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is some important information about Michael O'Rourke's background that the reader learns in Chapter 7?
2. What happens when Michael O'Rourke hangs up on the President?
3. At Blacky's Bar, what does Michael O'Rourke tell his girlfriend about the killers?
4. What are some of the things FBI Special Agent Skip McMahon recognizes upon his arrival at the three assassination scenes?
5. What does Augie Jackson tell Seamus and Michael O'Rourke when they travel to Georgia?
6. 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?
7. Why does Michael O'Rourke carry a concealed gun?
8. What is President Stevens doing in his meeting with Stu Garret and Mark Dickson at the start of Chapter 2?
9. Why is Scarlatti upset in Chapter 16?
10. In Chapter 4, what are some skills that Vince Flynn demonstrates are required of the President?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Chapter 11 explain the motivation behind the assassins' actions?
Essay Topic 2
How does Vincent Flynn use the first two chapters to examine the contrast between the personalities of Michael O'Rourke and Stu Garret? In what way do these two characters fall into the ongoing theme of "Good versus Evil?"
Essay Topic 3
The O'Rourkes refuse to let Senator Olson stay neutral, but instead force him to pick a side. Which does he choose? What action has redeemed him? How was he out of line earlier with Seamus?
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