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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 volunteers for the mission with the R4D with Dillon?

2. What does the rescue team decide that they should make repeated attempts to do until they succeed either with the submarine or the R4D?

3. What office is Pickering the head of?

4. With what does Moore return at midnight holding to the hotel suite?

5. When Dillon appears for his appointment with Brigadier General J.J. Steward, what is Stewart very concerned about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Banning think of Ellen and of Pickering's security?

2. What is Moore's relationship with Joanne?

3. How does the MAGIC program work?

4. After Ernie leaves the suite, what do the naval men discuss?

5. Why is Jack relieved at Guadalcanal?

6. What is surprising about the Japanese attack on Guadalcanal?

7. Why do Rickabee and Pickering oppose Dillon at the Office of Management Analysis?

8. How do Rickabee and Pickering differ on the rescue mission?

9. How does Godfrey exhibit his courage?

10. Why does McCoy not want to tell Koffler or Howard about the rescue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pickering and McCoy are two of the most active characters in discussing their social and political beliefs.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Pickering had a direct influence upon? What are some events that McCoy had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support or sympathy to people that attempt to rebel against rules? Which one is stronger and why?

Essay Topic 2

In Line of Fire, Griffin's German society shows a conscious selectivity about technology. What do you think of the technology that McCoy uses? Which aspects do you find more or less appealing? How is technology associated with power and rebellion?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the significance of the novel's title. What did Griffin mean by calling the book Line of Fire? Cite an example to support your answer.

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