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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 does Marcus Dumond do for the CIA?

2. Who shoots the Count between his eyes?

3. Who sees the Jansens fall dead to the ground?

4. What is Anna's occupation?

5. Who gives Irene permission to kill Count Heinrich Hagenmiller IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Michael O'Rourke think about as he drives to Anna's house?

2. What does Mitch do at the airport in Germany?

3. Why is Peter Cameron in a bad mood in Chapter 7?

4. Why are the Jansens packing?

5. What does Clark do to cause dissension between the Democrats?

6. What is Mitch doing at the beginning of Chapter 1, and how does he feel about it?

7. What do Anna and Michael discuss at the O'Rourkes' house, and how is their disagreement resolved?

8. Who does Clark meet at the Congressional Country Club, and why?

9. Who is Anna Reilly, and what does she want?

10. What happens between Jeff Duser and Mario Lukas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two characters that act as a foil to one another. In what ways do these characters serve as opposites? Are these differences indicative of good and evil?

Essay Topic 2

How does Mitch and Anna's relationship affect the story?

Essay Topic 3

Which characters are present in the novel as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why are these characters labeled in this way?

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