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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 words led Admiral Sandecker know he couldn't prevent Pitt from looking inside the boat?

2. From the description of the ID, whose picture was on it?

3. How did Moran strike Pitt?

4. What did Suvoyov do that was underhanded?

5. How much energy does the brain produce?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Fawcett's argument against making the statement to the press?

2. What alerts Mangyai to the imminent Russian plot?

3. How did it become obvious that Suvorov was acting under what he thought was the best interests of the Soviet government?

4. What kinds of crimes were the Bougainvilles attached to?

5. What is the difference between Lugovoy and Suvorov's opinions regarding Madam Bougainville's 'hospitality'?

6. What explanation did the President offer in regards to his whereabouts?

7. What situations hint to the true nature of the steward that is mentioned several times between chapters fifty three and fifty eight?

8. What was it that alerted the Bougainvilles to Pitt's presence so close?

9. What major things does Dirk learn in Chapter 37?

10. How does the SAP machine function, in layman's terms?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Dirk Pitt to the author, Clive Cussler. What do they have in common, and how are they different? Do you think Dirk Pitt is a projection of who the author wishes he could be? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the public would react to a missing Head of State. How is the public's reaction to the President's disappearance realistic? How is it fictional?

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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