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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. Director Thomas Stansfield gets a call from Director Brian Roach asking if the CIA thinks the murders are for reasons other than those stated where?

2. FBI Special Agent Skip McMahon is responsible for investigating the three political killings and is impressed by what?

3. The Ted Hopkinson poll shows that what percentage of those asked feel the nation will be better off after the political killings?

4. Stevens is primarily concerned with how the assassinations will affect what?

5. After Basset's death, a recorded message using a computerize voice is received at the ABC television network via what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What transportation arrangements does Warch make in Chapter 17 between the White House and Camp David?

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

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

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

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

7. How does the first chapter begin?

8. How is Congressman Burt Turnquist killed?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On which side of the "Good versus Evil" theme is Senator Erik Olson in "Term Limits?" What actions does he take that qualify him for that position?

Essay Topic 2

How is the theme of hubris expanded upon in Chapter 6? The politicians making key decisions are missing what in regard to how real the threat is?

Essay Topic 3

How does the symbolism of the assassin dressed as an elderly veteran in Arlington Cemetery contrast with that of the political characters in Chapter 17? What do his prayers reflect?

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