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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. How many children under the age of sixteen are on the plane?
2. How does Parker surprise Peter?
3. How many times does Peter see Altmann over three weeks?
4. What happens when Ingrid calls out seat 43F?
5. What does Peter believe does not exist contrary to Dr. Kingston's feelings?
Short Essay Questions
1. name the terrorists make reference to is Caliph. What does the name actually stand for and how is the definition significant?
2. How does Peter feel about Magda's Maserati?
3. Peter gives the order to initiate condition Delta. What are the consequences?
4. What part of his meeting with Parker is the most difficult for Peter to listen to and how does he respond?
5. What is significant about whether the attempt on Peter in the Maserati was an assassination or abduction attempt?
6. After the South African police force is asked to pull back, the terrorists make contact a second time. What do they tell Peter that deeply affects him and why?
7. What offer does Magda make Peter that tempts him but that he has to refuse?
8. What makes the Captain think that this is a carefully planned operation?
9. Peter's career is ended by his decision to disobey Parker. How does he feel about it?
10. How much does Peter tell Magda when he returns and what is her response?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Magda believes that Caliph is Peter for a time. Who leads her to believe that? What evidence is given to her that supports this claim? How does she respond? In what way is her response the same as Peter's response to the suggestion that she is Caliph?
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