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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 bags of drugs does the mortician take out of each body?

2. Who does Pam tell John she wishes to help after revealing Henry Tucker had imprisoned her?

3. What kind of vehicle does Pam recognize when John drives her through her old neighborhood?

4. How much are the drugs worth that Tony and Eddie get from their source just after Angelo's murder?

5. How many kilos does the mortician tell Henry Tucker that he has for him after removing it from the dead bodies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Maxwell and Podulski's meeting at the Memorial Day celebration at Arlington cemetery described?

2. Why is Frank Allen not allowed to question John in regard to Pam's death?

3. How does John tell Pam he feels about her after learning about her drug problem?

4. How is the Cody-193 drone's purpose first described in the book?

5. How are the briefings of marines at Camp LeJeune and Camp Pendleton described in the book?

6. How is Oreza's drug bust on a boat described in Chapter 9?

7. What does the drone first show Maxwell, Greer, and Podulski in regard to the prison Zacharias is being held?

8. What does Pam tell John she wishes to do for the women held captive by Henry Tucker?

9. How did John and Pam first meet?

10. What does John do when he introduces himself to Pierre Lamarck?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Drugs have a large presence in the book and contributed to much conflict for the protagonist and others.

Part 1.) What impact does the presence of drugs have on the central conflicts of the story?

Part 2.) What might the author be saying about the nature of drug dealers and the way they run their operations based on the portrayal of Henry Tucker?

Part 3.) In what way might the author wish to use drugs as a way of inputting an element of danger within the text? What purpose does he have for this?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast detectives Ryan and Douglas' investigation of Henry Tucker's drug operation with John's. What is telling about John's investigation tactics when compared to the police's? Who appears to have more ethical methods of investigation? What about effectiveness?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the presence of treachery in the book. How is Zacharias' treachery different from Charon's? How does the author present treachery as something that is sometimes unavoidable or easily manipulated?

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