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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 discovers Doris and her father's dead bodies?

2. Who does John first meet when arriving at Quantico for operation Boxwood Green?

3. Who kills Eddie Morello in the book?

4. What kind of truck had been noticed driving around Doris's neighborhood before her murder?

5. What is the name of the area that John realizes Henry Tucker had been smuggling heroin into the U.S. through corpses?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry Tucker find out about Doris going to the police about Pam's death?

2. How is John's visit with Sandy just before leaving for the Boxwood Green mission described?

3. How is the character Georgiy first described in the book?

4. How is Peter Henderson's first meeting with a man named Marvin at a restaurant described in the book?

5. How does the military use the USS Constellation as a diversion in operation Boxwood Green?

6. How is Doris's first phone conversation to her father since her rescue described?

7. How is Ritter's meeting with the KGB resident agent at a zoo described?

8. What is the nature of the conversation between John and Irvin in regard to operation Plastic Flower?

9. What does Charon do inside the police evidence room in Chapter 36?

10. How does John use a recompression chamber during his interrogation of Billy on Battery Island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the portrayal of violence in the book. How does violence play a dual role in with it sometimes appearing necessary for the greater good and other times being unnecessary and cruel?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's portrayal of the military. How does the author help put the reader into the military mindset, and what are we able to learn about the nature of this group based on their actions in the Boxwood Green mission?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the portrayal of law enforcement in the book. How are detectives Ryan and Douglas's investigation tactics different from John, and what might the author be saying about the importance of having a solid justice system?

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