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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following helps Webb locate the taipan with whom he is supposed to meet?
(a) All of the above.
(b) A caricature whore.
(c) An out-of-breath Chinese man in a business suit.
(d) Guards holding radios.

2. What does Marie take from the hospital guard?
(a) Money and a passport.
(b) Money and a credit card.
(c) Traveler's checks and a gun.
(d) Identification and a credit card.

3. After Panov calms Webb down, what does the State Department tellPanov?
(a) Webb has been pestering the department.
(b) Webb is being targeted for murder.
(c) Marie is being held captive in Burma.
(d) Webb has visited the department.

4. When he arrives in Kowloon, Webb takes a two hour limousine drive. Which of the following does not happen during this drive around the city?
(a) Webb recalls landmarks.
(b) Webb runs into an old friend.
(c) Webb recalls shortcuts.
(d) Webb's memory is jogged by the tour.

5. While at the football game, about what does Webb complain?
(a) An exchange student who knows a lot about Siam's Rama II.
(b) The score of the game.
(c) An exchange student who is failing his class.
(d) That Marie is always reminding him he is not Bourne.

Short Answer Questions

1. While still under cover of the woods, where does the third contact tell Webb the impostor Bourne is?

2. Who is Jiang Yu?

3. What does McAllister tell Webb during their initial visit?

4. When they first meet in this novel, where does McAllister speak to Webb?

5. At the end of Chapter 10, what does Webb ask the men to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting and mood of Chapter 1.

2. Describe David Webb's distrust of the U.S. government.

3. How does Webb locate the wealthy Asian taipan?

4. Describe the interactions between Catherine Staples and Marie in Chapter 14.

5. Why is Marie's escape from the hospital successful?

6. What might the narrow hallways and inner offices throughout the first two chapters symbolize?

7. Describe Webb's state of mind at the end of Chapter 7.

8. Describe the Frenchman's affiliation with the impostor Bourne.

9. What can the reader infer about the McAllister character from his actions upon hearing the news of Marie's escape from the hospital?

10. How does Webb use his skills to "arrange" a meeting with the impostor Bourne?

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