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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. What possibly airborne toxin seems to be responsible for the illness of the scientists in Chapter 5?
(a) Cyanide.
(b) Bubonic plague.
(c) Anthrax.
(d) Botulism.

2. What is Kang's plan for Korea?
(a) That the north and south be unified under the Worker's Party.
(b) That it declare war on the United States.
(c) That it conquer Japan.
(d) That it co-opt the forces of the Japanese Red Army.

3. Who is the research vessel looking for in Chapter 3?
(a) Pitt and Dahlgren.
(b) Jack and Al.
(c) Pitt and Jolie.
(d) Laurel and Hardy.

4. What is the intended purpose of the Odyssey?
(a) As a helicopter landing pad.
(b) As a pad for rocket launch services.
(c) As a docking facility for Coast Guard ships.
(d) As an oil drilling platform.

5. How do Sarah and her fellow scientists survive?
(a) They had antibodies that made them immune to the toxin.
(b) They were exposed to a low level of toxin.
(c) They had sinus infections that kept the toxin from entering their lungs.
(d) They were given an antidote.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Dirk Pitt, Sr., and Al Giordino doing in the Philippines?

2. Where is the Japanese submarine discovered by a fishing boat?

3. Who is Kang's assistant?

4. What virus does Kang's research lab chief try to combine with smallpox?

5. What does the Sea Rover search for in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kang plan to use the Odyssey in Chapter 37?

2. How do Dirk and Sarah escape the thugs in the Cadillac in Chapter 18?

3. Describe what happens to Robert Bridges in Chapter 7.

4. Where was it supposed that stocks of smallpox virus were stored, as cited in Chapter 15?

5. What do Dirk and Dahlgren discover about the I-403 in Chapter 9?

6. Why do Sarah and the other scientists survive the same toxin that killed the two meteorologists in Chapter 1?

7. What do Dirk and Summer discover has happened as they return from their exploration of the I-411 in Chapter 27?

8. Why does Tanaka lie to Commander Ogawa in the introduction when Ogawa asks if his crew is in danger in the book's introduction?

9. Describe briefly the history of the use of Zyklon B.

10. Describe the assassin in Chapter 4.

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