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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. Who is Jane seeing romantically?

2. What is the name of the police boat that Vicary and his men take out on the water?

3. What is the name of Jack Kincaid's boat?

4. How long have Helen and David been married?

5. What part of Martin Colville's body was broken when he fought Neumann?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Helen stay and why?

2. Why does Neumann believe that Cambridge could represent trouble, but the police in villages and hamlets do not pose much of a threat?

3. How does Vogel get his wife the funds she will need to live?

4. In Chapter 43, why is Neumann troubled about the message he received from Vogel early that morning?

5. How did Roach get into intelligence work?

6. Why does Mary say that Neumann killed Dogherty?

7. What is Vicary's problem at the beginning of Chapter 57?

8. How does Vicary identify the man who Catherine may be passing her information to?

9. What kind of shape is the van in that Neumann took from the Pope warehouse?

10. What does Vicary tell Jordan's son, Billy, in a letter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, discuss how Jenny demonstrates courage in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Boothby references a quote from Sun-tzu about military deception. Discuss what Sun-tzu had to say about military deception and how the British are taking his advice.

Essay Topic 3

Jenny frequently goes off to a special hiding place to get away from her problems. Discuss Jenny and her problems and how she tries to cope with them.

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