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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. Of what is Irene the unofficial head?

2. Who receives an email from Mitch asking to get Anna to safety?

3. How does Mitch get to France?

4. What is the one thing that Cameron has never done which he aims to put right?

5. Why does the CIA need a professional job to retrieve their agents?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when the Jansens exit their home?

3. Describe the CIA's Orion Team.

4. In Chapter 16, what does Cameron tell Clark, and how does Clark react?

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

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

7. Describe Irene's conversation with Thomas Stansfield in Chapter 8.

8. Why is Mitch sent to Germany to assassinate Count Heinrich Hagenmiller V?

9. Who calls the police, why, and how do the police react?

10. Describe Mitch's phone conversation with Irene Kennedy.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does social class play in "The Third Option"? What different classes are represented and by which characters?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the main themes in this novel (manipulation, assassination, etc.) and detail its recurrences throughout the novel. What does it add to the novel? How does it affect the different characters?

Essay Topic 3

How are women portrayed in "The Third Option"? What is the significance of the strong women presented in this novel?

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