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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. Who is Catherine Staples?

2. In Chapter 2, the United States learns that Sheng is planning something. What is it that Sheng is planning?

3. What does Yao Ming, the large Asian, call the shooting at Liang?

4. How does Marie entice the hospital guard to create conflict?

5. After Marie escapes from the hospital, what mistake does McAllister make that he tells the doctor and Lin to immediately forget?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Alexander Conklin.

2. Describe David Webb's distrust of the U.S. government.

3. What might the narrow hallways and inner offices throughout the first two chapters symbolize?

4. Why is McAllister pleased with Webb's meeting with the supposed taipan, Yao Ming?

5. Do you agree with Marie's thinking that Webb's memories of Burma are healthy?

6. Describe the setting and mood of Chapter 1.

7. What does Webb learn about the city of Macau from various characters in Chapter 13?

8. Describe Webb's state of mind at the end of Chapter 7.

9. Why is it important for Webb to contact the conspirators rather than the other way around?

10. What does Panov discover when he calls the State Department after first learning about Marie's disappearance from David Webb?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Character analysis is critical to literary analysis. Conduct a thorough character analysis of the protagonist, David Webb.

Part 1) Describe Webb's physical, emotional, and intellectual traits.

Part 2) How do Webb's traits affect reader interest in the novel?

Part 3) If you could change one character trait about David Webb, what would it be, and why? How would this change affect the outcome of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the debating strategies between Catherine Staples and Raymond Havilland in their discussion as to why Marie has to be turned over to the government.

Part 1) With whom do you agree regarding this argument, and why?

Part 2) Debate one side of this argument from either the viewpoint of Staples or Havilland.

Essay Topic 3

Describe and explain the significance of one of the action scenes in the novel (e.g., Webb's chasing the impostor to the airfield, Marie's escaping from Yao Ming, etc.)

Part 1) Why did you select this scene, and how did this scene enhance the novel's sense of suspense?

Part 2) What was resolved or made more complicated by the scene?

Part 3) What significance does this scene have for Webb/Bourne?

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