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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 lingering memory from a crime scene does John have the most difficulty forgetting?
(a) The sound of the silence.
(b) The taste of death in the air.
(c) The sight of the bodies.
(d) The smell of death.

2. Why did John decide to become a detective?
(a) He was offered detective training by his cousin, an officer, who encouraged him to become one.
(b) He was recruited in college after he scored highly on a test.
(c) It bothers him that there are things he doesn't know.
(d) He loved detective novels as a child.

3. Who does Ted Nash quote when the clock strikes twelve in Chapter 4?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Keats.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Shakespeare.

4. Who taught John the entire history and protocol of revenge?
(a) His Sicilian partner.
(b) His Father.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His brother.

5. According to Mr. Foster, how many people would be killed by a coffee can full of anthrax being vaporized into the air in Manhattan?
(a) Five thousand people.
(b) Fifty thousand people.
(c) A minimum of two hundred thousand.
(d) One million people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did the police department receive the call about the Gordons' murder?

2. What is the name of the Plum Island security director?

3. Who gives John a ride home from the crime scene in Chapter 2?

4. What security clearance does John receive on Plum Island, in Chapter 10?

5. Who found the Gordons' bodies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does John come up with, when contemplating Gordon continuing the case in Chapter 6?

2. Describe John's appearance as he sits on the porch at the opening of the novel.

3. Why were Tom and Judy Gordon sometimes mistaken for celebrities?

4. Describe the appearance of Paul Stevens.

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

6. What advice does John give to Sally Hines about the crime scene?

7. Describe the appearance of Donna Alba.

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

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

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

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