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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. How does Marie entice the hospital guard to create conflict?
(a) Marie calls in a hospital adminstrator.
(b) Marie shouts that the guard attacked her.
(c) Marie situates herself in a compromising position.
(d) Marie calls him into the bathroom.

2. While at the football game, what does Marie suggest Webb do?
(a) Call McAllister.
(b) Call Panov.
(c) Return home to grade papers.
(d) Watch the football game.

3. What becomes evident to Webb in Chapter 7?
(a) Someone wants Bourne more than the goverment does.
(b) The government is being set up, too.
(c) Marie has escaped.
(d) Conklin is a mole.

4. When they first meet in this novel, where does McAllister speak to Webb?
(a) In Webb's home.
(b) In Webb's office.
(c) On Webb's way home.
(d) In McAllister's home.

5. While in Conklin's apartment, what do Conklin and Webb work on together?
(a) Locating Edward McAllister.
(b) A plan to confuse the conspirators.
(c) Going to the State Department.
(d) A plan to rescue Marie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the assassin responsible for the deaths in the cabaret turn out to be?

2. After Webb's first meeting with McAllister, which two characters are determined to be the most likely to be able to reach Webb?

3. What is the setting of the opening of Chapter 13?

4. In addition to serving as a "watchdog" for the meeting between McAllister and Havilland in Chapter 2, who is John Reilly?

5. After the assassin makes his kill in Chapter 1, what does his guard help him to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Webb locate the wealthy Asian taipan?

2. Describe the setting and mood of Chapter 1.

3. Why is it important for Webb to contact the conspirators rather than the other way around?

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

5. What is the importance of the meeting between Webb and McAllister in Chapter 3?

6. Why might Webb want to find out about Medusa after his wife first disappears?

7. Describe the character of Alexander Conklin.

8. Do you agree with Marie's thinking that Webb's memories of Burma are healthy?

9. Describe McAllister's state of mind when he leaves Webb in Chapter 3, and why is this important?

10. What does Webb's reaction to receiving Marie's note tell the reader about the couple's relationship?

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