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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. Who discovers Doris and her father's dead bodies?

2. How many days will John stay at Quantico before leaving for Vietnam for operation Boxwood Green?

3. Where does John call Sandy from after leaving Vietnam from Boxwood Green?

4. What does John use to ride onto land in operation Boxwood Green?

5. Who contacts John on his boat while he has Billy held captive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John do with Billy after he kidnaps him and helps save Doris?

2. How is the training center at Quantico for the Boxwood Green mission described?

3. How is John's visit with Sandy just before leaving for the Boxwood Green mission described?

4. How is Ritter's meeting with the KGB resident agent at a zoo described?

5. What does Charon do inside the police evidence room in Chapter 36?

6. What does Xantha tell a police officer that picks her up on the street after John released her?

7. What does John do with Doris after finding her with Billy in a building?

8. How is Doris's first phone conversation to her father since her rescue described?

9. How is Boxwood Green first described to the troops training for the mission?

10. How is Peter Henderson's first meeting with a man named Marvin at a restaurant described in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the portrayal of emotion in the book. What role does emotion play in John's life? Does his lack of emotion oftentimes allow him to take on the violent missions he has?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses the method of portraying multiple story arcs in the book as a way of slowly unraveling how each arc connects with the other.

Part 1.) What information are we able to learn about the book's characters that would have been absent if multiply story arcs were not used?

Part 2.) What tone might the author be trying to set in the book by using multiple character arcs to tell his story?

Part 3.) Is this method successful at revealing the secrets and mysteries of the book's characters or is it more confusing?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of money in the book. What is telling of the repercussions one must face for money based on the methods used by Henry Tucker to become successful and his death later because of it?

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