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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. What is the name of the ship on which David is left at the crash site?

2. What does Karen notice about one of the men who ambushed them?

3. How did Houston's wife, Ethel, die?

4. What does Jack discover at the crash site?

5. How old was Jack when his mother died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What announcement does Mark Houston make on the USS Gibraltar and how does that affect Jack and the crew of the Fathom?

2. About what does Houston question Jack first and what does he admit to Jack?

3. What makes Karen think that Rongorongo is the language being used in the hieroglyphics?

4. What does George realize when Lisa comments about the time lapses as they discuss the wreckage site.

5. What does Vice President Rafe want David to do at the Air Force One crash site?

6. What is unique about the symbols found in the tunnel by Karen and Miyuki?

7. About what does Robert call to warn Jack and what happens?

8. What is the issue surrounding the shuttle accident with which Jack still can't live?

9. Why does David Spangler blame Jack for his sister's death?

10. Why are Lisa and Charlie so concerned about Jack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Spartacus? How does Jack's team know about Spartacus and its capabilities? How do they come into play now, and for what does Charlie want to use them? How is Spartacus both Jack's downfall in the past and savior in the present? What technology does Spartacus have that is actually based in modern science? How likely is this kind of technology?

Essay Topic 2

How is the world prepared to cope with a global crisis? Are we able to deal with the kind of world wide disaster that is represented by this novel? How ready are you personally to cope without services of any kind for weeks if necessary? What have smaller scale disasters like New Orleans taught us about the response times of our various government agencies? For what should we all be responsible as far as coping until some kind of order can be restored? How can you personally prepare yourself and your family? Have you? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How are Jack and Deep Fathom reunited? What is so critical about the timing of his crew's arrival? What might the outcome have been had they not been exactly where they were at the time? What alerts David to the fact that the Deep Fathom has survived his attempts to blow her out of the water? What is the only ace David has left to play at this point? What deal does he make with Jack?

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