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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. Which President placed Cuba off limits to Americans?

2. What is the cargo of the Ozero Zaysan?

3. What time is it when Jack's tugboat returns from the Ozero Baykai to move the next ship?

4. What is on some of the rocks near the lunar colony that the Soviets are walking around?

5. Pitt is working with a group to move the three ships in Havana. How many engineers can the group find to help?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the President want Steinmetz to do before the Russians land on the moon?

2. What happened to Jessie, Hagen and the Castros who were in Sloppy Joe's when the explosion occurred?

3. Why does Pitt decide that the ships are the bombs that the Russians intend to set off in Havana?

4. How do the colonists defeat the Russians?

5. What does Raul Castro want Fidel Castro to do?

6. What is a Dasher?

7. Why do the Soviets believe that the Cubans are responsible for the destruction of the communications center on Cayo Santa Maria?

8. How is Velikov supposed to bring down the Gettysburg?

9. What happened when Pitt and Quintana burst into the communications center?

10. What does Pitt do after he crashes the taxi into the Russian car that was pursuing him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Would you consider Pitt to be a hero? Create arguments explaining why Pitt is or is not a hero in the novel. Use examples from the book to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Is the inciting force of the novel the La Dorada or when Jessie, Pitt, Gunn, and Giordino are downed with the Prosperteer? Or is the inciting force something else? Create arguments explaining what the inciting force is of the novel. Use examples from the novel to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the novel, argue whether Jessie did or did not know that Raymond killed Hans Kroenburg and stole La Dorada.

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