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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 the monitor show, which Coleman, Mitch and Dumond are watching?

2. What does Villaume know that Cameron did?

3. What does Cameron do at the end of Chapter 40?

4. What does Mitch ask Irene?

5. What does Mitch want Salem to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mitch become convinced that Irene did not order his death?

2. What does Mitch find in Anna's apartment, and what does he say when he phones Irene?

3. Describe Mitch's means of invading Stansfield's house.

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

5. In Chapter 22, what does Mitch tell Anna when he calls her?

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

7. How does Mitch feel about Villaume?

8. How is Anna kidnapped?

9. What does Mitch do to Special Agent Salem, and what does he command Salem to do?

10. How and why does Clark plan to kill Mitch and Anna?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would the story be different if Mitch's girlfriend survived the Lockerbie disaster?

Essay Topic 2

What is the setting of "The Third Option"? How does the novel's setting affect the action in "The Third Option"?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of politics in this novel? What events are driven by politics and the struggle for power? How are characters viewed based on their political influence?

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