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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 does Sawyer call to get them to Bell Harbor?

2. Who is following them?

3. What does Sidney see as she is escaping?

4. What does Hardy tell Lee before he dies?

5. What is relevant about Columbia University?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sidney fail to notice when she gets to her parents' home in Maine?

2. What events lead Sidney to think that Jeff Fisher might be dead?

3. What happens that makes Sidney realize just how deep in trouble she really is?

4. Why does Sidney tell Lee that Jason selling secrets to RTG makes no sense now?

5. What information does Sawyer glean from his conversation with Tiedman?

6. Who kills Gamble and runs off with the disk when he thinks no one is looking and how does Sawyer know he was involved?

7. What do Lee and Ray get Amy for Christmas and what gift does Lee arrange for Sidney and her family?

8. What is the overall goal of the men in the van following Sidney and her father and how does that differ from the goal that Kenneth Scales has?

9. What does Kay reveal to Sidney when asked what Jason was working on?

10. What does Sidney take from her brother's home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What prompts Quentin Rowe to initially join forces with Nathan Gamble? What is the reason that he is unable to go forward on his own instead? What does Gamble insist on having as a result? How does that affect the balance of corporate power in their combined companies? In what way does Gamble use this advantage against Rowe? How does Rowe even the score with Gamble? How long does it take him to do so?

Essay Topic 3

What is Jason Archer doing? Why would he take such risks? What could he have discovered that would make ruining his life a reasonable trade off? Is there anything worth the sacrifice of a wife and child? What does Jason neglect to consider? How does this oversight affect the turn his life takes? What might he have done differently? What safeguards did he put into place just in case, and why were they insufficient to help him?

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