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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 Clark instruct be done with Anna Rielly?

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

3. Who notices that the men in the house have guns?

4. What does Mitch want Salem to do?

5. What does Cameron ask Mitch to guarantee if he gives him what he wants?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Mitch feel about Villaume?

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

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

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

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

8. Why do Coleman and Mitch have a hard time in their search for the person responsible for the attempt on Mitch's life?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is foreshadowing used in "The Third Option"? Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the book, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Investigate "The Third Option" as a political thriller. How does it adhere to and differ from the typical political thriller? What changes could be made to mark it more clearly as a political thriller? What changes could be made to prevent critics from classifying the novel as a political thriller?

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