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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 does Isabella Marqueza yell for?

2. Which of the following two characters make up the rifleman-sniper team?

3. What is the biggest problem facing law enforcement?

4. Who was Isabella's lover for two years?

5. Which person do the terrorists first contact?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David Hudson recall about his torture in Vietnam?

2. What does Caitlin reveal at the meeting at the New York Stock Exchange building?

3. Why did Caitlin become a financial analyst?

4. What does the recorded voice threaten?

5. What happens when Arch Carroll sees the Hussain Moussa in the restaurant?

6. Why is the President so anxious about what is happening in the stock market?

7. Describe the meeting that takes place between Hudson and Billie.

8. What does Carroll discover when he questions Alvarez?

9. Why does Caitlin and Carroll meet with Freddie Hotchkiss?

10. What happens when Carroll meets with Michael Chevron?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Patterson's life. In what way do you think his life and personality is reflected in the book? Where could he have learned about the terrorism and the stock market? In what ways is he like or unlike the main character?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and examine their real life equivalent and how Patterson to fit in with the ideas of Balck Friday.

1) The CIA.

2) The stock market

3) The Vietnam Veterans

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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