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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. Where does Sidney go?

2. What is found in the debris of flight 3223?

3. What does Gamble believe that Sidney and Jason are colluding to do?

4. What happens to Arthur Lieberman?

5. Where does the plane crash?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why does Richard Lucas approach Sidney after she leaves Triton?

2. What does Sidney notice on the broadcast of the crash site, and what is she prompted to do?

3. What does Brophy do that confirms the readers' suspicions that he is not acting in good faith?

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

5. What conversation does Sidney have on the plane that unnerves her?

6. Who shows up at Sidney's home and raises suspicions in everyone?

7. What does Sidney realize has not happened after her mother and father pick up Amy to give her a few days to adjust?

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

9. What indications does Jason get that things may not be entirely right with this exchange of information?

10. What information does Raymond Jackson discover about Arthur Lieberman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Sidney's father put in her vehicle before they leave her home and after she has already left in her effort to meet with Jason. When does she find it? How does this innocent action by him likely save this information from theft? Who does she want to discuss this with and what incident stops her from simply picking up the phone to do so? What does she notice that stops her from simply trying to answer her own questions at home?

Essay Topic 2

What is encryption, and what purpose does it serve? How does encryption help to keep data private? Why is that correct only to a degree? What factors determine the strength of encryption? What is the best kind of code to use for data encryption? How long should it be? What should your code include to ensure that it will not be easily broken? In a code, how many numbers is ample for most purposes, and how many is considered to be invulnerable?

Essay Topic 3

What does Sidney do when she sees the article in the newspaper about herself and her husband? Who does she immediately confront? What does she threaten, and how does he diffuse the power in that threat? What does he show her that makes her question everything she knows? What does he threaten her with before she leaves and how much strength is in that threat? What does she notice after she picks up the paper a second time that is even more disturbing?

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