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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 listens in on that conversation and records it?

2. Who is Nathan Gamble?

3. How does Sidney get home?

4. Who calls Sidney while she is preparing for Jason's memorial?

5. Who wants Tyler Stone's job as head of Tyler Stone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads NTSB investigator George Kaplan to believe that an acid or corrosive of some kind had been used to bring down the plane?

2. What is Arthur Lieberman's biggest problem and how does it manifest itself?

3. What happens in New Orleans?

4. Who approaches Sidney on the plane and what does he tell her.

5. What does Jason do to help himself when he is being held against his will?

6. What does Quentin Rowe tell Sidney on the phone when she is on the way home?

7. Why does Nathan Gamble go to see Henry Wharton?

8. What happens to the man who is responsible for the crash of flight 3223?

9. What does Lee Sawyer learn from the Vice-Chair of the Federal Reserve Board, Walter Burns?

10. Who does Sidney Archer represent and what is she trying to accomplish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Arthur Lieberman? What is his overall importance? What is learned about Arthur Lieberman almost right from the very beginning? How does this affect the story overall? What is his outlook as a result? How much time does he have, and how is he managing to cope with the physical aspects of his problem? What are the emotional side effects? How might they be affecting his judgment at this point? Why does his death have such impact?

Essay Topic 2

After the disk is taken from Sidney, what does Jeff disclose to her? What instructions does she give him? How fortunate is it that he follows her instructions so carefully? What does he notice on the way back home? How does he manage to access the file she needs and get it to her while avoiding the people who are following him? What ruse does he use, and where does he end up that keeps him safe? How does he finally send her file to ensure its arrival?

Essay Topic 3

Who approaches Sidney while she is on the flight on her way home? What does he tell her on the napkin at first? What is his interest in what is going on, and when did he begin to pay attention to the overall situation? What does he tell Sidney that she doesn't already know? What warning does he give her before they land? How does that warning seem in part to be more of a premonition?

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