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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 does a photographer give Bourne after taking his photograph?

2. In Chapter 13, how is the armored car driver supposed to know Bourne?

3. What reason does Bourne give for continuing to hold onto Marie?

4. Who is Cain?

5. What do Marie and Bourne do when they reach their destination?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bourne insist Marie turn around and return to the hotel from which they just escaped?

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

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

4. Who is Cain?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What crimes is Marie accused of committing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Cain? How does Bourne learn about Cain? How does Cain's identity cause Bourne to decide to leave Marie? What does Cain have to do with Marie? Does Bourne leave Marie? Why or why not? What is Marie's connection to Bourne? To Cain? Why does Marie insist on staying with Bourne? Who orders Marie to go back to Canada? Why? Does Marie go? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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