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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. Where do Bourne and Marie go next?

2. Where was Marie raised?

3. What instructions did the bank's Vice President follow when he looked into Bourne's account?

4. What is Marie worried about as Chapter 18 begins?

5. By what name does the desk clerk know Jean-Pierre?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bourne do after he escapes from the hired killers?

2. Who is Cain?

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

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

5. Who attacks Bourne as he leaves the bank?

6. What crimes is Marie accused of committing?

7. What is the significance of Cain's name in association with Carlos' name?

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

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

10. What happens when Bourne visits Chernak?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is amnesia? How does it affect the patient? Will memories ever come back? Why was Bourne told to allow his mind to wonder in times of stress? How is this supposed to help? Does it help? How? How does amnesia affect a person's personality? Can amnesia make a cold killer a nice person? Why or why not? What can the reader learn about Bourne through his actions when he has no memory of who he is? What kind of person is he? Will he ever get his memories back?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Gillette? Why does he turn on Threadstone? What does Gillette hope to achieve with his betrayal? Does he get what he wants? What he deserves? What does Gillette get Abbott to say for Carlos' man? Why? What does Carlos' man tell Abbott? Why does Carlos' man kill Abbott? Why does Carlos' man kill Stevens and Webb? Whose fingerprints does Carlos' man leave at the scene of the murders? Who does Conklin believe killed Abbott, Stevens, and Webb? What is the significance of Webb's relationship to his suspected killer?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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