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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 stenciled on the bouncer's clothes in the Asia House?

2. What type of barbecue sauce is a mixture of salt, pepper, paprika, and brown sugar?

3. How many Rangers were listed MIA in the Vietnam War?

4. What drug has Damon's friend taken?

5. At West Point, Cadet Chapel stands high on a hillside overlooking _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alex think he and John are in a trap when they try to attack the Three Blind Mice?

2. Why is it a surprise to Alex and John that Marc Sherman shows up at the cabin the Three Blind Mice share in the woods and what happens to him?

3. What does Starkey's house look like on the inside?

4. After John gets shot, why does the situation seem hopeless to Alex?

5. What does Colonel Handler look like and what is his history as Alex knows it from the West Point website?

6. What is the one mistake Nana says she made in her life?

7. What does Billie find one night when she goes out to search for her husband when he failed to return from a fishing trip?

8. What happens when Harris says "nobody gets hurt" when he threatens the people who work at Asia House with a gun? Do the Three Blind Mice do this kind of thing throughout the book?

9. How does Director Burns explain the guerilla nature of the Vietnam War to Alex?

10. What do John and Alex talk about as they watch the cabin in the Georgia mountains where the Three Blind Mice are staying?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the double lives of the Three Blind Mice. How do they justify their criminal behavior? Where do they live? What is their main job? What do they do covertly and why? Give examples of each character's double life.

Essay Topic 2

What is the "snake model" as described by Harris? Who is being ridiculed in the description of the "snake model"? Why does this come up in conversation with his partners in the Three Blind Mice?

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between John and Billie start? Why is John afraid of being in a relationship? What is Billie's relationship to the investigation Alex and John are conducting?

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