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

2. At the Turnquist crime scene, McMahon notes what about those guarding the congressman?

3. Where do Seamus and Michael O'Rourke travel to meet with Augie Jackson?

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

5. Olson offends Seamus O'Rourke with a comment about his past connection to what organization?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Olson assassinated?

2. What are some of the things FBI Special Agent Skip McMahon recognizes upon his arrival at the three assassination scenes?

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

8. How do Michael and Seamus O'Rourke get Senator Olson to talk about the budget summit at Camp David in Chapter 23?

9. What does Speaker of the House Thomas Basset say on television?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In Chapter 38, the Consequences theme is developed among multiple characters. What consequences does Stansfield face that are caused by his agency's use of an uncontrollable agent who is guilty of murdering foreign diplomats? What consequences are Garret and Nance facing? Michael O'Rourke is nervous about what consequences based on his knowledge of Scott Coleman's and Seamus' role in the assassinations and his own participation in Arthur's kidnapping and death?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways do both Garret and Nance suffer the consequences of their actions when Coleman's group refuses to take responsibility for Olson's and Turnquist' murders?

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