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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. Which of the following is the theme for the Orange Bowl Parade?

2. Who does Keyes go to talk to about the risk of being in the parade?

3. What does Kara Lynn note to Keyes that she was not wearing during the parade?

4. What was Wiley's column originally about before the rewrites?

5. What happened to the helicopter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Cardoza tell Mulcahy in regards to Wiley's column and why does he make that decision?

2. What developments happen in regard to the relationship developing between Kara and Keyes?

3. What does the unusual and unnamed float that unexpectedly appears on the football field look like?

4. What realization does Keyes come to as he drives through the night trying to save Kara Lynn?

5. What new plan does Wiley announce to the group and what are Bernal's thoughts?

6. What has Bernal decided to do and why has he decided to do this in regard to Garcia?

7. What does Reed Shivers lecture Keyes about when he shows up at their house after taking Garcia to the hospital?

8. What does Shivers say is the most important thing in his daughter's life and how has her father taken steps to protect her?

9. How does Keyes feel when Kara Lynn drags him along to play tennis at her father's club?

10. Describe the role the Shriners plan in helping to try and save Kara Lynn from being kidnapped.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In more than one incident throughout the novel the psychiatric field is discussed and portrayed. How is this field of study portrayed by the author? Do you believe it is a fair portrayal? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

How does the character of Keyes change throughout the novel? Do you believe the changes are positive or the negative? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of terrorism developed throughout this novel? In what ways are these terrorists different from the majority of terrorists reported about in the media? In what ways are they the same?

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