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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 that brought down the Cumberland?

2. Who is the acting President until the three men are found?

3. Who had intruded on her privacy in her cabin?

4. When was the ship built?

5. What was the body count on the auto ferry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did she feign sickness?

2. Describe the President.

3. Why should Polevoi have joined the Foreign Ministry instead of the Secret Police?

4. What does the President say in regard to Dirk Pitt?

5. Why wasn't Mendoza with Pitt and his crew as they discovered the Pilottown?

6. Where else was Lee mentioned?

7. What do Min Koryo and Lee Tong deduce about Dirk's plot?

8. Describe Madame Bougainville.

9. Why did Lugovoy tremble inwardly?

10. What was strange and different regarding the Catawba's boarding of the Amie Marie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Dirk Pitt to James Bond. What are their similarities, and how are they different? Do you think it was the author's intent to create a similar character to James Bond? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Pitt's loss of his Talbot-Lago from a psychological level. What does his answer to the cocktail waitress describe about his personality? How does he view his vehicles?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ecological fallout that isn't discussed regarding nerve agent S. What kinds of things were avoided being talked about regarding the spill? How would a cleanup of the chemical been next to impossible, and how would the loss of marine life have changed the coast of Alaska and British Columbia forever?

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