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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 does Magda respond to his recitation of her training?
2. What is the house called that he is holding her in?
3. What does Steven realize when Peter greets him?
4. What feeling does Steven relish after his phone call is completed?
5. Where does the Sergeant recognize the name given from?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Peter respond to Kingston's visit to Abbots Yew?
2. Once Peter and Magda have both told their sides of the story, they have made declarations and Magda has relinquished something important. What are the declarations and what has Magda relinquished?
3. What drives Peter to chase the escaping car alone and what risks is he willing to take?
4. Peter receives several warnings that Magda has doubts about him. What are those warnings and how does he respond?
5. What does Kingston expressly forbid Peter to do and how should Kingston expect Peter to respond based on his history?
6. Caliph's choice of meeting places disturbs Peter. Why?
7. Peter makes preparations to take Steven's place at the meeting with Caliph. What are they?
8. What does Magda do to test Peter to see if he is really Caliph?
9. Peter has to confront Steven about his involvement with Caliph. How does he do it in a manner that ensures Steven's cooperation?
10. Steven's feelings dramatically change pre and post phone call with Caliph. In what way and why?
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
When Melissa-Jane is kidnapped, Caliph uses sources outside of the inner circle. Why is that? Why are her kidnappers instructed to take her to Laragh? What about the location bothers Gilly? How is this different from Caliph's behavior until this point and what can we presume is the intention of this deviation from normalcy?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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