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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 Ingrid do to show those in power that they are serious?

2. Who is Atlas?

3. Who does Melissa Jane tell Peter he reminds her of?

4. What question is answered by the terrorists' choice of destinations?

5. What conclusion does Peter draw about Ingrid's demands that worries him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Caliph's motives have changed since the Boeing hijacking. How?

2. Magda is devastated when she is mistaken told Peter is dead. How does she behave when she realizes he is not?

3. What makes the Captain think that this is a carefully planned operation?

4. What part of his meeting with Parker is the most difficult for Peter to listen to and how does he respond?

5. What offer does Magda make Peter that tempts him but that he has to refuse?

6. Like the rest of the terrorists, Ingrid is having problems. What are they and why?

7. How does Peter feel about Magda's Maserati?

8. After the South African police force is asked to pull back, the terrorists make contact a second time. What do they tell Peter that deeply affects him and why?

9. What are the terrorists' initial demands when arriving on the flight deck?

10. What is significant about whether the attempt on Peter in the Maserati was an assassination or abduction attempt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Parker has his hands in many different arenas. Other than running Atlas, what else is he involved with? What is his ultimate goal and in what way do his other activities facilitate this ultimate goal?

Essay Topic 2

Several characters have dual identities in this novel. Who are they and what are the two identities each of them have? How do the two identities differ from each other in each case?

Essay Topic 3

Love can have its share of obstacles. Peter and Magda are no exception. While attracted to each other from the beginning, they have a number of obstacles that make a long standing relationship difficult. Name them, and explain how they might impair a relationship. How are each of these obstacles overcome?

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