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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 was NOT in the audience of Henry Bowman's explanation about the Kennedy assassination?

2. Who is Catherine Bowman?

3. Where does Ray Johnson live?

4. What does Ray Johnson do for Pedro Gutierrez?

5. Where did the wreck which Max Collins survived take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Walter Bowman's relationship with Max Collins?

2. How does John Ross treat the United States government's violence against veterans and the Nazi government's persecution of Jews differently?

3. Who is Cameron Wilcox?

4. Who is Ray Johnson?

5. What do Ad Topperwine and John Browning have in common?

6. What does Ray Johnson do after finishing his graduate degree?

7. What is Henry Bowman fascinated with when we meet him in 1959?

8. What is Ray Johnson looking forward to in 1959?

9. Who is Ad Topperwine?

10. Who is Harold Gaines?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate Ross' characterization of the opposition. How does John Ross characterize people who advocate for gun control? Is it a fair characterization? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

How realistic is this book? What parts are not believable? What leaps of faith does the author require of the reader? Are these leaps painful to make? What do these leaps allow the author to do?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the proposition that as societies grow more complex, their members have to make more and more sacrifices of personal liberty for the sake of social peace.

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