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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. Who asked Carbury to find and kill Talbot?

2. What does Thorpe do to West when West tells the truth during interrogation?

3. West knows, by way of his access to Thorpe's psychological profile, that Thorpe seeks what?

4. What does Kimberly fear has happened to Carbury?

5. What kind of agent is Talbot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does West plan to do, while he is being tortured by Thorpe?

2. What happens to Abrams on the roof of the firm's town home?

3. What do Tony Abrams and Patrick O'Brien discuss at their first meeting?

4. How is Katherine, as a character, humanized?

5. What does West know about Thorpe and his personality?

6. Why will Abrams be able to hide in plain sight at the firm's functions?

7. What does the bartender at the University Club tell Thorpe?

8. What do the interactions of the guests reveal about Katherine Kimberly and Marc Pembroke?

9. Who is Eleanor Wingate?

10. What fears does Kimberly share with O'Brien?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book to support your answer: How does Katherine Kimberly's memory of her father motivate her in her actions as a spy?

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, describe how each of the following conflicts is used in the book:

a. Man versus Man

b. Man versus Self

c. Man versus Society

Essay Topic 3

Which death is most important to the story, and why? What does the death contribute to the other characters' motivations? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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