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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. What is the name Ritter uses when he sets up a meeting with the KGB resident agent?

2. What was the name of the operation John worked with the man who recognizes John at Quantico?

3. Where does John have stopovers at on his way to Vietnam for operation Boxwood Green?

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

5. What is the name of the man that John kills second in Chapter 36?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How have the conditions changed for the prisoners at Sender Green after operation Boxwood Green is botched?

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

4. How does John use a recompression chamber during his interrogation of Billy on Battery Island?

5. How does the military use the USS Constellation as a diversion in operation Boxwood Green?

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

7. How is the character Georgiy first described in the book?

8. What is the nature of John's conversation with Hick's in regard to Boxwood Green?

9. What is the nature of Henry and Tony's meeting just after Doris's murder?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the presence of psychology in the book. What can the reader learn about the mental state of the book's characters, namely John, based on the police detective's use of a psychologist while searching for the murderer of Henry's drug thugs?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's portrayal of the military. How does the author help put the reader into the military mindset, and what are we able to learn about the nature of this group based on their actions in the Boxwood Green mission?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast John and Grishanov's interrogation techniques that are shown in the book. In what ways do these two enemies use similar tactics to get what they want? Does either character appear to be a better person in regard to the way they treat others? If so why?

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