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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 John send to meet Kate at the airport?

2. For what reason do they use this number of cars to transport them to the meeting?

3. Where does Jill Winslow's husband go in Chapter 44 that allows John to speak to her alone?

4. What threat is made against John during this phone call in Chapter 50?

5. Who does Kate tell John is watching their door?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does John arrange to meet with Nash the following morning? What is significant about this location?

2. Who does John find waiting for him on the beach when he goes to meet with his mysterious caller?

3. What question plagues John as he waits for Dom Fanelli to locate Jill Winslow?

4. What threat does Koenig make to John when they speak the day before the scheduled meeting?

5. What does Jill promise to do for John when Kate arrives?

6. On what day does John return from Yemen? Why is this day significant?

7. Where does John go after speaking to Nash?

8. What strange phone call does John get just after learning where he can find Jill Winslow?

9. What does Kate have to say about the conspiracy to hide the tape when John is done catching her up on the case?

10. What does John find at home after searching all day for Kate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss John's decision to continue pursuing the investigation even after being warned away. Why did John begin investigating the crash? Why does he continue to investigate? What is John's overall goal in investigating this crash? Does John go into the investigation with the belief that terrorists are involved, or does John have some other motive for beginning this investigation? How many times is John warned to stay away from the investigation? Who gives these warnings? What are their motives?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the video tape. What was on the video tape? Why did Jill Winslow hide it for so many years? Why did Jill make a copy in the first place? Why did Bud erase the original tape? Who has the original tape? What does John believe was done with the original tape? How does John know this? What does Jill force John to watch on the tape before it comes to the part he is most interested in? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Bayview Hotel. What is the Bayview Hotel? What role does this hotel play in the investigation both when the crash happened and five years later when John begins re-investigating? Why did the FBI focus on this hotel? Why are all the employees who came into direct contact with the videotaping couple disappear? Why can John not find the records that deal with these employees or with the FBI agents who stayed at the hotel during the initial investigation? What does this imply about the actions of the original investigators?

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