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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. Outside the Victoria mansion, what signal assures Conklin that Bourne has arrived?
(a) A hidden rifle.
(b) His own gun is missing.
(c) Marie is missing.
(d) A large explosion.

2. After Marie and Panov receive the news of Staples' murder, why does Conklin say he will not return to where they are hiding?
(a) He has to find out who murdered Staples.
(b) He is guilty of being the traitor.
(c) All of the above.
(d) He is afraid of being followed, which will uncover Marie.

3. How does Webb feel after he and the impostor bail from the plane, land in the New Territories, and secure safe transportation?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Excited.
(c) Relaxed.
(d) Angered.

4. While searching for the men smoking cigarettes in the woods, who does Webb recognize?
(a) The bartender from the Kam-pek casino.
(b) The false prisoner who tried to get information out of d'Anjou.
(c) The man who has been attacking relatives of "Wong."
(d) The executioner from the bird sanctuary.

5. After the men in Victoria Peak hear the belated news about Staples' death, who does Havilland tell McAllister to check out further in order to determine who is betraying their plan?
(a) Staples' driver.
(b) Panov.
(c) Lin.
(d) Conklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Havilland, McAllister, and Conklin agree to try to uncover why Staples was murdered, why does Conklin not want to be briefed?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 31, how does Havilland explain Webb's apparent sloppiness when he is traced?

3. After being brought to the Victoria Peak mansion, what does Staples claim to Havilland she will do with Marie?

4. Who does the Macau conduit, known as Wong during the mission to meet Sheng, tell Webb is following them?

5. What does Staples agree to do after her open talk with Havilland in the Victoria Peak mansion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What steps did Lin take to uncover the traitor on his team?

2. Why does Webb not kill the impostor Bourne immediately?

3. What does the reader see in Marie's character after she is informed of Staples' murder?

4. Why does d'Anjou bait Sheng to the point of his own execution on the night of the great blade?

5. How does the author use foreshadowing at the end of Chapter 30?

6. How does Webb narrow down the possible avenues of attack on the target at the airport?

7. Describe the change in perspective the reader is shown in McAllister's character in Chapter 35.

8. Summarize McAllister's role in Webb's plan to confront Sheng.

9. In Chapter 36, why does Sheng suspect the situation is not being handled by a professional?

10. Contrast Webb's character as Bourne with the man who reunites with Marie at the end of Chapter 32.

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