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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. What is Jack Warch the head of?

2. How many hostages does Aziz say he will release later that day?

3. What does Warch order every agent in the White House to do?

4. What does one of the hostages request?

5. Which department keeps an eye on the President's movements?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anna Reilly have a better chance of survival than the other hostages in the group?

2. Why are the politicians suspicious of Rapp?

3. What does the success of the CIA's operation depend upon?

4. How does Mitch react when he sees Hasan trying to rape Anna?

5. Describe the argument that erupts during the debriefing.

6. How does the truck get past the guards in this section?

7. What is the purpose of the opening two chapters?

8. Why is Rafique so dangerous?

9. What are Aziz's demands?

10. How do Mitch and Adams get to the White House basement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think it is right to negotiate with a terrorist? What problems could negotiation cause? What do you think a negotiator has to know about before entering into negotiations?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Flynn's book to similar espionage novels.

1) Which ideas has he taken from previous works?

2) How has he used these ideas to develop his own meaning?

Essay Topic 3

The Transfer of Power is part of the espionage genre.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way has the Transfer of Power helped to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in The Transfer of Power?

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