View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book 4, Chapter 33, after Burke talks with Ferguson, what does he do?
(a) Recommend he be taken into protective custody.
(b) Arranges a plane so he can leave the country.
(c) Decides to stop talking with Flynn.
(d) Brings him with him to the cathedral.

2. At the beginning of the attack, what does everyone think about John Hickey?
(a) That he is the leader of the Fenian army.
(b) That he is useless in the attack.
(c) That he used to be Maureen's lover.
(d) That he is dead.

3. How does Maureen communicate with the rectory in the confessional?
(a) Flag signals.
(b) Morse code.
(c) Handwritten notes.
(d) Smoke signals.

4. What does MacCumail want, or else he will burn down the altar?
(a) All the keys to the cathedral.
(b) The names of everyone with the negotiator.
(c) An escape helicopter on the roof.
(d) A map of the cathedral.

5. Where do the authorities meet to talk with the terrorists?
(a) The cathedral lobby.
(b) In a van in the street.
(c) The hotel.
(d) The Recotory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Martin say about Flynn's threat to blow up the cathedral?

2. How does Schroeder feel about the first negotiation?

3. How does Burke get to Stillway's apartment?

4. Who does Spiegal think can save the hostages and the cathedral?

5. What is the setting of Book 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the Fenians and who is their leader?

2. What does Flynn tell the police on the first phone call?

3. In Book 2, what does Brian place in the choir loft?

4. What happens at the ravine with the murder of the two British soldiers?

5. What does the slogan "once in, never out" refer to?

6. When discussing the attack on the cathedral, what do the Governor and Mayor agree to?

7. What is being foreshadowed when Martin says "I wonder about that" in response to Burke saying they won't have to shoot their way in?

8. How does Brian get his codename?

9. What is the signal to begin the attack on the cathedral by the Fenians?

10. Schroeder and Spiegal are at odds with each other. Explain each of their positions.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 756 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample