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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 is the bank located?

2. How many electoral votes are at stake?

3. Where did the friend and the president go to school?

4. To cover up for his bad Italian language skills Marco is supposed to tell people that he was raised in what other country?

5. On what street does Rudolph live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the situation with Critz in London? Who approaches Critz with an offer?

2. Discuss the meeting between Sandberg and Pratt. Who are Sandberg and Pratt?

3. Why does Backman go shopping? Why does he have to have permission from Luigi?

4. What is Pratt's recollection of the Backman case? Who was involved? What was the main subject of the case?

5. Who is the President of the United States? What is his current status?

6. Where does the government send Backman? Who is Backman's "handler?"

7. At this point in the story what is the general structure of Backman's average day? What things does he do daily?

8. Why does Maynard want Morgan to pardon Joel Backman? Who is Joel Backman?

9. What is Joel Backman's family situation?

10. What does Backman do shortly after arriving in Treviso?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a journal from the point of view of Teddy Maynard. Begin with the plan to release Backman. Include the details of the plan, how Maynard orchestrated the deal, the desired confession, Morgan's role in the story, Javier's assistance, etc. Also include Maynard's thoughts after he was fired and what his plans are for the future.

Essay Topic 2

Grisham examines the existence of JAM, a program designed to block transmissions to and from satellites in space. Discuss JAM. Do you think it exists? If so, where and how is it used? Who uses it? If it does not exist, how long do you think it might take to develop such a system? Technologically speaking, who is most likely to create and develop this type of program? Research the internet for information on this type of product. Write about the information found. Also discuss what Grisham's current opinion might be on this topic.

Essay Topic 3

John Grisham uses a great deal of technical information regarding JAM, Neptune, and other intricate matters. Grisham states, however, that he has little to know knowledge of these things or satellites, smartphones, etc. How do you think Grisham got the information he needed to write the book? Were there any glaring technical errors in the book? Why not write about familiar subjects? Why is law Grisham's forte? What type of experts might have been used to help with research or the editing phase of the project? Explain.

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