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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. What is the name of the politician Bourne believes he killed?

2. How many men attack Bourne as he steps onto the elevator at the bank?

3. Where do Bourne and Marie go next?

4. Where does Bourne decide to go next?

5. What is familiar to Bourne about the magazine articles on Carlos?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the doctor discover that is significant in his unconscious patient?

2. What is important about the newspaper articles in the prologue of this novel?

3. Why does Bourne beg for Marie's life?

4. How was Marie's friend, Peter, killed?

5. Why does Marie help Bourne after he kidnapped her?

6. What does the man in the restaurant tell Bourne?

7. What does Marie think Treadstone Seventy-One is?

8. What do the magazine articles Bourne and Marie read about Carlos say about Carlos' signature shot through the throat?

9. What is included in Bourne's account that causes the flurry of activity after he calls the bank?

10. Who does Bourne discover was assassinated? Who does Bourne believe killed him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Marie help Bourne recover from his injuries? Why does Marie insist on staying with Bourne even when he tells her to leave? What does Marie do to try to help Bourne? Who does Marie ask to help them? What does Marie ask this person to do? What is the result? How does Marie feel about this result? Does Marie blame Bourne? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What is Bourne's real identity? What is significant about this identity? Why did Bourne chose to become Cain? What is Bourne hoping to accomplish with this mission? What tragedy in Bourne's past is his possible motive for becoming Cain? Why did he choose Cain as his alter ego's name? Did Bourne get the result from his undercover work he hoped for? Does Bourne's memory come back? Why is Bourne placed under protective custody? Who comes to live with Bourne? What does Bourne remember in the final sentences of the novel? Is this an accurate memory?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Bourne choose New York for the final showdown with Carlos? How does Bourne lure Carlos to Treadstone's offices? What does Bourne expect will happen during this showdown? What does happen? What does this showdown cause Bourne to remember? Are these memories accurate? Does Bourne kill Carlos? Why or why not? Who is Carlos? How many people have ever seen his face? Why is this?

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