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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Michael O'Rourke tells Dr. Kennedy and McMahon that an envelope containing a tape was dropped off on his doorstep when?
(a) That morning.
(b) Around midnight.
(c) The evening before.
(d) That afternoon.

2. The President suspends all official business until when?
(a) It is safe for everyone.
(b) All the assassins are apprehended.
(c) The new security is in place.
(d) All senior staff members are in seclusion.

3. When assassinating Basset, what means do the killers use to avoid injuring any civilians?
(a) They us a hollow-point bullet.
(b) They use a nitroglycerin-tipped bullet.
(c) The use a low-velocity, hollow-point bullet.
(d) They us a nitroglycerin-tipped dart.

4. When Nance is alone with Higgins, he tells Arthur that Warch knows that they blackmailed which legislator?
(a) Moore.
(b) Downs.
(c) Olson.
(d) Morris.

5. What does Nance tell Garret about Higgins?
(a) Someone else told Higgins about Garret's response to McMahon's tape.
(b) Nance told Higgins about Garret's response to McMahon's tape.
(c) Nance will have Garret killed if he talks.
(d) Higgins told Nance to kill Garret if he talks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, Stevens refers to the killers as what during his televised news broadcast?

2. General Heaney believes the assassins come from where?

3. As McMahon plays the tape of the modulated call he got from Michael O'Rourke for the group in the Situation Room, who notices that Garret becomes noticeably upset?

4. When the guards move unexpectedly, what happens at Higgins' estate?

5. Higgins is attacked when he steps outside for what?

(see the answer key)

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