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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. Where is the military base Camp LeJuene located?

2. What do the police show John a picture of when questioning him about Pam's death?

3. How many days before meeting John had Pam escaped from her captors?

4. Who discovers Pam's dead body?

5. How many weeks does John plan on resting on his island after Pam's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Grishanov get Zacharias to drink vodka despite it being against his religion?

4. What do Billy and the other thugs do with Pam's body after killing her?

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

6. How does John try to fit into the neighborhood scenery when conducting surveillance and looking for Pam's killer?

7. How is John able to lease Battery Island?

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

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

10. How does John react after learning Pam's body has been found?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role criminals play in the book. What purpose does the criminals serve? Is it to place an element of danger or suspense, or does their presence serve a larger purpose?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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