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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. When Mitch enters the house, with whom is Duser on the phone?

2. What does Clark tell Cameron to do?

3. What does Mitch throw into Stansfield's backyard?

4. Who traces Mitch's call to Cameron?

5. What does Clark plan to make Mitch and Anna's death look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cameron's two phone lines.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Villaume tell Mitch about the person who hired him to kill the Jansens?

8. Explain Donatella Rahn's role in Chapter 25.

9. What does Mitch think about the thermal images he matches on the monitor which shows his house?

10. What does Clark discuss with Rudin, Midleton and Jonathan Brown in Chapter 30?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mitch Rapp change throughout the novel? Detail the changes he makes and the reasons behind those changes.

Essay Topic 2

How does the third person point-of-view enhance and inhibit the story? How would the novel be different if another point of view were used?

Essay Topic 3

What role does the motif of government secrecy play in "The Third Option"? Why is this motif important to the novel's plot?

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