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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 do the IRA ask Caitlin if she has on her?

2. What is Berger the director of?

3. What does Carroll do when the President turns the investigation over to Berger?

4. What European city does Carroll travel to in this chapter?

5. What does Carroll discover while questioning the drug dealer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when David arrives at the hotel?

2. Why does Carroll resign his position?

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

4. How does Caitlin and Carroll convince Freddie to tell them everything he knows about Chevron ?

5. Why does Monserrat kill Isabella?

6. How did Caitlin become the director of the SEC's security force?

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

8. What information does Isabella give to Carroll?

9. How does Thomas X. O'Neill get the stolen securities through customs?

10. What takes place in Florida?

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

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does Patterson use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

What problems would a stock market crash cause the world economy and why? Are there any countries that would benefit from a stock market crash? How does the stock market try to safe guard against stock market crashes?

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