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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 Mitch do when a car leaves his house?

2. What does Mitch tell Irene he is going to do to the people who kidnapped Anna?

3. Why is Clark angry in Chapter 24?

4. Why does Villaume cut short his phone conversation with Mitch?

5. Why does the person Mitch calls have multiple phones?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation between Mitch and Cameron in Chapter 40.

2. How is Anna kidnapped?

3. Describe Cameron's two phone lines.

4. Why is Clark angry in Chapter 24, and what does he decide?

5. What does Stansfield discuss with President Hayes in Chapter 32?

6. Describe the conversation between Mitch and Cameron in Chapter 36.

7. What does Cameron tell Anna at Mitch's house?

8. What happens at the gas station when Mitch follows the car that leaves his house?

9. Describe the conversation between Cameron and Villaume in Chapter 27.

10. Describe Donatella Rahn.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the distinct plots in "The Third Option"? How do these separate plots combine to create the novel as a whole?

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

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?

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