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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. As Jessie and the men struggle to walk on the island, they find a massive iron gate. What shape are the bars welded into?

2. How old is the Cyclops?

3. Who calls Pitt after he returns home from Miami?

4. Where does Eriksen believe that Hagen will go next on his search for the Inner Core?

5. How many cosmonaut deaths has the CIA recorded since the beginning of the Soviet space missions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are the deaths of the bodies on the blimp similar to a case Rooney had fifteen years ago?

3. Describe Lieutenant Commander George Worley.

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

5. How does Hagen get papers relating to the Inner Core from General Fisher?

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

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

8. How was the Prosperteer prevented from crashing into the hotel?

9. Describe Velikov's study.

10. What did the FBI learn about the bodies found on the blimp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 18, Jessie LeBaron spills coffee on the radio transmitter of the Prosperteer. Using details from that chapter and the chapters that follow to support your position, argue whether Jessie did or did not spill the coffee on purpose.

Essay Topic 2

The biographical information about the author that is in the book compares Cussler to Pitt. Argue whether Cussler's life does or not not nearly parallel the life of his fictional character, Pitt. Use examples from the novel to support your points.

Essay Topic 3

Argue whether Worley, Captain of the Cyclops, was a German sympathizer. Use examples from the novel to support your position.

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