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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Prologue, how many people are on the "Cyclops"?
(a) 309.
(b) 412.
(c) 306.
(d) 118.

2. What is the name of Sheriff Sweat's boat?
(a) Florida Comfort.
(b) Dade in the Water.
(c) The Office.
(d) Southern Comfort.

3. How many tons of lunar-soil materials does it take to make two hundred pounds of a bastard metal or five hundred pounds of glass?
(a) 500 pounds.
(b) 4 tons.
(c) 2 tons.
(d) 1 ton.

4. As Jessie and the men struggle to walk on the island, they find a massive iron gate. What shape are the bars welded into?
(a) Dragons.
(b) Griffins.
(c) Whales.
(d) Dolphins.

5. What intruder crosses the paths of the racing sailboats?
(a) A Navy schooner.
(b) A merchant vessel.
(c) A Coast Guard boat.
(d) The Prosperteer.

6. In Chapter 16, what Soviet-manned lunar landing mission is planned to launch shortly?
(a) Selenos 7.
(b) Selenos. 5.
(c) Selenos 8.
(d) Selenos 6.

7. How many tons of coal can be carried by the Cyclops?
(a) 9,000 tons.
(b) 11,000 tons.
(c) 15,000 tons.
(d) 10,500 tons.

8. Who calls Pitt after he returns home from Miami?
(a) Jessie LeBaron's secretary.
(b) Sandecker.
(c) Sheriff Sweat.
(d) Detective Victor.

9. What are the approximate dimensions of the crate that is put on board in Rio?
(a) 12 feet long by 4 feet high by 6 feet wide.
(b) 9 feet long by 3 feet high by four feet wide.
(c) 20 feet long by 8 feet high by 8 feet wide.
(d) 4 feet long by 6 feet high by 4 feet wide.

10. Where is Gunn injured when the Prosperteer goes down?
(a) Ankle.
(b) Knee.
(c) Head.
(d) Arm.

11. How many men were in the Inner Core when it was established?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 15.

12. Who is the first person that Sandecker calls after communication is lost with the Prosperteer?
(a) The Vice President.
(b) Captain Arnold.
(c) The President.
(d) Admiral Monfort.

13. Approximately how long has the black woman in the Dade County autopsy room been dead?
(a) About 2 hours.
(b) About 24 hours.
(c) Less than 7 hours.
(d) Less than 36 hours.

14. What happens to Buck Caesar?
(a) Killed by sharks while trying to escape.
(b) Shot while trying to escape.
(c) Dies in the torture room.
(d) Strangled by Gly.

15. How long has the Jersey Colony been in existence?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 26 years.
(c) 18 years.
(d) 15 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the Prologue, how long before the Cyclops becomes a mass tomb?

2. When Pitt gains consciousness after being tortured by Gly, who is in his room helping him?

3. When had Pitt and Foss Gly worked, not together, but on the same project?

4. What does Pitt want Hiram Yaeger to research using NUMA's computers at the beginning of Chapter 9?

5. Who do the three men and Jessie see seated at a table in the house they find on the island?

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