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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 does Magda's bodyguard do that angers Peter?

2. What kind of car is waiting for them on arrival?

3. What is the reason that Ingrid gives for refusing to allow the flight engineer to be removed for medical assistance?

4. What tells Peter how much Atlas knows about his new job and activities?

5. Where do Peter and Magda fly to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is significant about whether the attempt on Peter in the Maserati was an assassination or abduction attempt?

3. Peter is disturbed after his meeting with Ingrid and is convinced that the situation is much more serious than they initially thought. Why?

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

5. What part of his meeting with Parker is the most difficult for Peter to listen to and how does he respond?

6. When Ingrid is given a counter proposal, she insists on it being delivered in person. Why?

7. What is the content of the letter that arrives for Peter at the Dorchester after Melissa-Jane is kidnapped?

8. What are the terrorists' initial demands when arriving on the flight deck?

9. 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?

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

Who saves Peter in the end? How could the outcome just as easily have gone the other way? What one factor allows Peter to gain the upper hand to begin with while he is waiting for Caliph to appear? Why is it a surprise to both parties involved?

Essay Topic 3

Peter and Steven are twins but differ in many ways. How are they the same? What do they share that is unique to twin relationships? What characteristics are different between them? What would you speculate to be the main reason for these differences?

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