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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Dr. Zollner give for the basement being off-limits, in Chapter 12?
(a) Because they have not undergone background checks.
(b) Because they hide dead aliens and Nazi scientsist down there.
(c) Because they need special vaccines to go down there.
(d) He does not give a reason.

2. What is the strait of water between Orient Point and Plum Island known as?
(a) The Plum Strait.
(b) Orient Way.
(c) Plum Gut.
(d) Plum Alley.

3. What is the name of the ferry captain that knew the Gordons?
(a) Doug.
(b) Sam.
(c) Pete.
(d) Daniel.

4. What precinct did John work for prior to the beginning of the book?
(a) Manhattan South.
(b) New Jersey East.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Manhattan North.

5. What clue did Max find that led him to think the Gordons had arrived home only shortly before they were murdered?
(a) Their boat engine was still warm.
(b) They were seen just before at a pet shop, buying a puppy.
(c) They had a punched time card in their pockets.
(d) Their house cleaner had seen them come home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the fingerprinting specialist working the Gordon crime scene?

2. What part of the fort on Plum Island is still in use?

3. What purchase did the Gordon's make with the $25,000?

4. What article in the local newspaper does John read in Chapter 7 that seems pertinent to the investigation?

5. What item does John notice is missing from the Gordon boat in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What quality of Max's does John admire after he hears him on the seven o'clock news in Chapter 7?

2. Why does John suspect that Dr. Chen has been coached in her responses?

3. Who is Kenneth Gibbs and what does he look like?

4. When Elizabeth tries to ask John about what he knows about the case in Chapter 5, what does he ask her about instead?

5. What is interesting to John and Beth about the type of weapons Stevens and his security forces carry on Plum Island?

6. Describe the Olde Towne Taverne.

7. Why does John decide to meet Detective Penrose to talk with the man from the Department of Agriculture?

8. Describe the appearance of Ted Nash when John is introduced to him in Chapter 4.

9. Why doesn't John think that the Gordons would sell biological warfare materials?

10. What problem does John Corey see with doing nothing and boredom?

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