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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 was the original time frame for the rescuers' secret project that is now compromised by the need to rescue the oceanographic team?

2. What is the name of the plot involving the automobile bomb shipments?

3. How many people aboard the first transport sub survive after the sub is hit by the junk ship?

4. Who is in charge of the meeting that takes place at Headquarters?

5. According to the Presidential briefing, how many submarines were in the area when the explosion in the Western Pacific occurred?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Jim Hanamura is late reporting in, Pitt is concerned. Why is Hanamura late checking in?

2. When Dennings first sees the nuclear bomb, what does he think it looks like?

3. Why is the salvage operation of the Divine Star put on hold?

4. Why do the men in the repaired submersible cut the habitation pod loose from the framework of Big John?

5. What additional steps must the ground crew take in order to load the nuclear bomb onto the Dennings' Demons?

6. Why does Craig Plunkett not simply shut off Old Gert's systems and let the crew members die as their oxygen supply dwindles down?

7. Describe what the first transport sub expected to find when it reached the ocean surface.

8. What fleeting thought does Dennings have as he watches the nuclear bomb being loaded onto his aircraft?

9. Why does the crew of the ship that happens upon the drifting vessel send a boarding party over to the apparently abandoned ship?

10. Why does Steen not want the Captain to send another boarding party to the Divine Star?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Roy Orita wears different masks in the story. Both a patriot and a traitor, Orita is a study in contradictions. Identify, then compare and contrast the different sides of Orita. How would his plan for helping the Japanese rise to power have been affected had he not been a successful double agent? Why is it necessary for Orita to wear different masks? Could he have been successful simply working for the Japanese government without being a double agent? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Craig Plunkett and Raul Salazar.

a) How are the two characters similar? How are they different?

b) What is revealed about each character as they are trapped aboard Old Gert awaiting either death or rescue?

Essay Topic 3

The theme of loyalty is evident throughout the novel. Tsuboi's loyalties, for instance, lie with himself and he turns on Suma the instant Suma becomes a potential liability. Discuss how the theme of loyalty is portrayed through the eyes of Dirk Pitt, Al Giordino, Hideki Suma, and Ichori Tsuboi. Support your observations.

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