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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. Where is Alex Neuman on his way to in 1996?

2. What does the third person tell Henry Bowman?

3. What police tactic is more common now that Ray Johnson is back in the country?

4. What happened to Cindy Caswell in Las Vegas?

5. What are Henry Bowman and his uncle concerned about, following Bobby Kennedy's murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Henry Bowman constantly railing against?

2. Describe the raid on Henry Bowman's home.

3. Who is Alex Neuman?

4. Describe Richard Gaines's path after college.

5. How has the government tried to regulate guns without imposing new laws?

6. Describe Henry Bowman's attack and its consequences.

7. What happens at the pigeon shoot in Nevada?

8. What does Henry Bowman tell David Webb on the canoe trip?

9. What raids give Henry Bowman source for worry?

10. What happens when Henry Bowman and Cindy Caswell meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Debate the interpretation of the Second Amendment. Does it allow concealed weapons? Assault rifles? What role should the government have in regulating these things?

Essay Topic 2

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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