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

2. How much does the Russian-manned lunar station weigh?
(a) 110 tons.
(b) 80 tons.
(c) 175 tons.
(d) 220 tons.

3. Where did Eli Steinmetz get his undergraduate degree?
(a) Harvard.
(b) UC Berkeley.
(c) MIT.
(d) Cal Tech.

4. When does the starboard engine on the Cyclops break down?
(a) Shortly after departing Rio de Janeiro.
(b) Around noon.
(c) Shortly after leaving the Caribbean.
(d) Right before midnight.

5. What does the blimp ground crew do while they wait for the blimp to return in Chapter 1?
(a) Clean the hanger.
(b) Play volleyball.
(c) Walk down to the beach.
(d) Head to a fast food place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Buck Caesar?

2. What is the name of the plant where Clyde Booth works?

3. How long ago did the men on the blimp die?

4. When Hagan is at the Pattenden Laboratory, who does he discover may be another Inner Core member?

5. What is the head wind when LeBaron flies the Prosperteer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hagen tell the President not to judge the men of the Inner Core too harshly?

2. What does a Soviet geophysicist find when examining photographs taken by the Selenos 4?

3. Why was Dr. Calvin Rooney not happy about doing an autopsy on a victim of drug overdose?

4. Why did Captain Worley put Lieutenant David Forbes under ship's arrest?

5. Describe the caravan that brought passengers and cargo to the Cyclops before the ship left Rio de Janeiro.

6. Why does the Prosperteer make a good platform for spotting potential shipwreck sites from the air?

7. Why should Jessie LeBaron have been careful not to offend Pitt?

8. Why would it have been disastrous for the Prosperteer to collide with the Sonesta Beach Hotel?

9. What does Sandecker learn from Admiral Monfort?

10. What is El Dorado and La Dorada?

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