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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 is the name for an actor who resembles another person, and plays the person, to prevent that person from being harmed?

2. What does Kimberly fear has happened to Carbury?

3. How many years ago was Thorpe's wife's boating accident?

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

5. Thorpe confesses to West that he works for whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What about Thorpe points to his being a sociopath?

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

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

4. What information does O'Brien pass to Abrams by telephone after the party?

5. How are Kimberly's actions, in the realm of espionage, that of an amateur?

6. What are Kimberly and Abrams doing together after going to the midtown office?

7. How, according to Abrams, can Kimberly cripple the investigation of Talbot?

8. Who is Claudia?

9. What are Thorpe's intentions when torturing West?

10. What is the difference between the way the spies and the cops think about investigation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book to support your answer, answer the following question: Which pairing of protagonist and antagonist is most important to the story, and why?

Essay Topic 2

The spies operate differently than the cops in the story. In what ways do the two sides operate differently, and what implications does this have in their search for Talbot? Cite examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Arnold Brin left a clue before he died. What was the clue? Based on your reading, what is the meaning of the clue? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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