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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. Whom does Pembroke shoot before seeing the face of Talbot?

2. Where is the communications room in the Russian mansion?

3. What was the poison that killed West?

4. Whom does Joan stab while she is in the Russian mansion?

5. After Stanley and Joan seal the door, what do they do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the goal of Abrams' mission?

2. What does Karl Roth do at the Van Dorn's 4th of July party?

3. What internal battle is Ann Kimberly fighting as she participates in the counterattack?

4. What happens in the deserted cemetery?

5. What are O'Brien's actions towards Henry Kimberly, and why?

6. What do Kimberly and Abrams discuss on their jog through the park?

7. When Abrams returns to the Van Dorn's party after his mission to the Russian mansion, what does he learn from Spinelli?

8. What is Henry Kimberly's attachment to his daughters?

9. Why does Pembroke leave Thorpe unconscious in the cemetery?

10. How does West win in his confrontation with Thorpe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Using the examples from the story to support your answer, answer the following: What makes a good leader? Who in the story is the best leader?

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the book, it is revealed that Henry Kimberly and O'Brien both want to be president. Which one would make the better president, and why? Cite examples from the book to support your answer.

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