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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 does Keith Landry do when Officer Ward shows up at the Porter house?

2. How does Cliff Baxter's meeting with Keith Landry end?

3. What does Cliff Baxter tell Keith Landry when he visits him at the farm?

4. What does Keith Landry wonder about on the night before the meeting with Charlie Adair and others?

5. Where does Annie tell her sister they would be passing through on the way to Florida?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Annie's note to Keith Landry say?

2. Describe the fight between Annie and Cliff Baxter in Chapter 19.

3. Why won't Charlie Adair allow Keith Landry to refuse the job on the spot?

4. What happens at the Porters' house?

5. What does Keith Landry do after getting Annie's note?

6. What warning do Keith and Annie get from Annie's brother-in-law, and how do Keith and Annie respond to it?

7. What is Keith Landry's response to Charlie Adair's and the President's offer?

8. What plan do Keith Landry and Annie make?

9. What information does Keith Landry get about Annie's whereabouts?

10. What does Gail Porter tell Keith has happened since the meeting she organized?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 2

This book was written in 1995, when the internet was just becoming a fact of life among Americans. How would this book be different if it took place today?

Essay Topic 3

What is Cliff Baxter's value as a villain? Is he a caricature, who just moves the action along, or does he represent something dangerous and also appealing about human nature? How doe Nelson DeMille characterize him, and what does he signify in the book? What does he elicit from other characters?

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