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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. Jackson cautions Michael O'Rourke not to go to which agency?

2. Stevens arrives at Camp David and asks a senior agent how the killers knew what?

3. Garret feels that by telling the public the murders are an attempt to block the President's budget, they have made Stevens look what?

4. How does Congressman Michael O'Rourke end the call when he is telephoned by the President who is seeking his vote for the budget?

5. When it is suggested that Stevens employ increased military security at the White House, what is his response?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does McMahon take in when he arrives at the scene of the Turnquist murder?

2. What happens during the meeting Stevens has with his advisers following Olson's assassination?

3. How does the first chapter begin?

4. What is President Stevens doing in his meeting with Stu Garret and Mark Dickson at the start of Chapter 2?

5. What happens when the Secret Service Agent in charge of Basset's protection, Agent Harry Dorle, goes to the White House after Basset's murder?

6. How is Olson assassinated?

7. Chapter 15 is short and addresses what?

8. What does Speaker of the House Thomas Basset say on television?

9. What does Chapter 5 begin to follow?

10. Roach and McMahon rush to what meeting in the White House Situation Room in Chapter 28?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author employs a continued pattern of foreshadowing that runs throughout his book, and is important as it provides harbingers that are indicative of what will transpire later in the story. In Chapter 7, what foreshadowing does Michael O'Rourke's mysterious phone call with Seamus provide? Why is Flynn's use of foreshadowing in Chapter 16 so critical to the tale? Where else is foreshadowing employed in "Term Limits?"

Essay Topic 2

How does Vincent Flynn use the first two chapters to examine the contrast between the personalities of Michael O'Rourke and Stu Garret? In what way do these two characters fall into the ongoing theme of "Good versus Evil?"

Essay Topic 3

What is the symbolism employed in placing Arthur's body at Garret's home?

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