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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 men were chosen at each of the two military camps to be a part of operation Boxwood Green?

2. What is Grishanov afraid Zacharias could catch from having broken ribs?

3. What new method do Tony and Eddie say they found to dispose of bodies after killing Angelo?

4. What is the name of the island John leases in the book?

5. What does the person who poses as an informant to the police to find out more about John decide to do about him after his meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Zacharias's time as a prisoner of war first described in the book?

3. How does John act after returning to Battery Island just after Pam's death?

4. How does John begin to prepare for his operation with Maxwell using the files from operation Kingpin?

5. How is Zacharias's interrogation by Colonel Grishanov first described in the book?

6. How does John end up at Johns Hopkins hospital in Chapter 7?

7. How do John and Pam try to escape Billy when he follows them in a red Roadrunner?

8. How did John and Pam first meet?

9. How does John act toward Sandy after running into her in Chapter 12?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concept of having a routine in regard to John rededicating his daily life to training for battle. What role does routine play in John acquiring the mindset of a soldier?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the portrayal of war in the book. What role does the Vietnam War play? What appears to be the author's opinion of this war?

Essay Topic 3

The author offers several examples of imprisonment throughout the book in both literal and figurative senses.

Part 1.) What can we learn about prisoners of war based on the portrayal of Zacharias and Sender Green in the book?

Part 2.) How does the author portray John as being in a prison within his own mind and what impact does this mentality have on his actions towards others?

Part 3.) What is different about the imprisonment faced by Pam and the other women held by Henry Tucker? How is this imprisonment more severe than the others?

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