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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 information does Horning not extract from Harut?

2. Who gives Mitch and Adam a technology briefing?

3. What is the name of the CIA Director?

4. Who are the politicians suspicious of?

5. What is Drummond's role in the CIA?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the U.S. government finding it difficult to compete with Aziz?

3. What problems does Anna Rielly have in this section?

4. Why does President Hayes authorize the kidnapping of Fara Harut at the beginning of this chapter?

5. How do the Secret Service agents save the President's life?

6. Why does Mitch invite Milt Adams on the mission?

7. What are Aziz's demands?

8. Why does Israel say its position is?

9. Why does Kennedy think it is a bad idea that General Marge Tutwiler deals with Aziz?

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

The Transfer of Power is the first book in the Mitch Rapp series.

1) What is the overall theme of the series? What part does the Transfer of Power play in developing that theme?

2) What ideas and characters does the author develop that can be used in forthcoming books? How do you think these ideas and characters will develop through the series?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Flynn use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Flynn's writing style. How would you describe Flynn's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Flynn's style give to the story?

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