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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. 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?

2. In Chapter 17, the assassins place several small radar units around what location as part of the trap they are laying?

3. Chapter 1 begins with a description of what?

4. Whom does Dr. Irene Kennedy believe is responsible for the murders of the prominent politicians?

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

2. At Blacky's Bar, what does Michael O'Rourke tell his girlfriend about the killers?

3. How is Olson assassinated?

4. Gus Mitchell indicates that it appears the assassins are commandos, that they have planned the murders over some time, and they would have taken advantage of what?

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

6. How does the first chapter begin?

7. How is Congressman Burt Turnquist killed?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It appears in Chapter 32 that Michael O'Rourke has joined Scott Coleman's team. If Michael is now going to be involved in kidnapping, and possibly killing, Arthur and his guards, is he still a good guy, or is he now an evil one?

Essay Topic 2

What games are being played in the White House that the author explores in Chapter 10? Who is pulling most of the strings? What are some examples? What false information is being fed to the Speaker of the House? What is Mike Nance encouraging the President to do with the FBI?

Essay Topic 3

The author employs a continued pattern of foreshadowing that runs throughout his book, and is important as it provides harbingers that are indicative of what will transpire later in the story. In Chapter 7, what foreshadowing does Michael O'Rourke's mysterious phone call with Seamus provide? Why is Flynn's use of foreshadowing in Chapter 16 so critical to the tale? Where else is foreshadowing employed in "Term Limits?"

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