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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. How long does John rent a car for when he comes back from Vietnam for operation Boxwood Green?

2. How much do the mannequins the marines use for practice at Quantico weigh?

3. What kind of restaurant does John go to in order to spy on Tony and Henry near the end of the book?

4. What is the name of John's contact in Boxwood Green?

5. What is the name of the high-ranking KGB officer Peter Henderson meets in London?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does John do after riding the water sled to the Sender Green location?

3. How is the training center at Quantico for the Boxwood Green mission described?

4. How do the police use Xantha to find the drug lab she was held in?

5. How is Eddie Morello killed?

6. How are John's acts in Phase Three of operation Boxwood Green described?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author offers several examples of imprisonment throughout the book in both literal and figurative senses.

Part 1.) What can we learn about prisoners of war based on the portrayal of Zacharias and Sender Green in the book?

Part 2.) How does the author portray John as being in a prison within his own mind and what impact does this mentality have on his actions towards others?

Part 3.) What is different about the imprisonment faced by Pam and the other women held by Henry Tucker? How is this imprisonment more severe than the others?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the presence of psychology in the book. What can the reader learn about the mental state of the book's characters, namely John, based on the police detective's use of a psychologist while searching for the murderer of Henry's drug thugs?

Essay Topic 3

The concept of revenge is one that is explored through John's character.

Part 1.)What impact might the death of John's wife have on the way he takes revenge against Pam's killers? Does this make him react more severely than he might have otherwise?

Part 2.) What can we learn about the nature of John's character, namely his tendencies as a soldier, based on his acts of revenge?

Part 3.) What repercussions does John have to face because of his acts of revenge, and why does he appear to not worry about facing them?

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