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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 have the two couples smuggled on board their flight?

2. How does Parker respond to Peter's successful Delta insertion?

3. Who is the Inspector that handles Melissa-Jane's kidnapping?

4. What does Colin contribute to the influx of information?

5. What is her threat if their demands are not met?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the terrorist group take control of Speedbird 070?

2. How does Peter feel about Magda's Maserati?

3. Caliph's motives have changed since the Boeing hijacking. How?

4. name the terrorists make reference to is Caliph. What does the name actually stand for and how is the definition significant?

5. Peter and Colin are ready to act on an order to go to Delta which hasn't been given. How does Peter get around that problem?

6. Peter's career is ended by his decision to disobey Parker. How does he feel about it?

7. Peter gives the order to initiate condition Delta. What are the consequences?

8. According to the demands Ingrid makes, when are the men to be released and what is significant about the timing?

9. Peter and Dr. Parker exchange differing viewpoints. What disagreements do Peter and Dr. Parker have concerning the merits of morally justifiable militancy?

10. South Africa does not want to give in to the terrorists demands. What issues make them reluctant to do so?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Terrorism is a concern on the mind of everyone who travels. In this novel, the terrorists use an inventive method of getting weapons on board. How do they accomplish this? How do they combine their assets to distract airport security? Which of the four terrorists is best able to act as distraction and why?

Essay Topic 2

Love can have its share of obstacles. Peter and Magda are no exception. While attracted to each other from the beginning, they have a number of obstacles that make a long standing relationship difficult. Name them, and explain how they might impair a relationship. How are each of these obstacles overcome?

Essay Topic 3

With Caliph, Peter quickly learns that nothing is as it appears. What are some examples of that statement? How does this complicate his assessment of who Caliph is? Give at least three examples from the book in which Caliph uses duplicity or deception to conceal identity or intention.

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