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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. How many ships like the Divine Star are headed to the United States?

2. According to the meeting that takes place in Suma's office after the bugged painting has been installed, how long will it be before every car is in place?

3. In Chapter 31, what is the name of the farmer who discovers dozens of old turbo aircraft in a hidden bunker?

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

5. How many pounds overweight is the Dennings' Demons when it takes off?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens because of the nuclear explosion that forces the immediate release of the oceanographic team?

2. What is the purpose of the congressional subcommittee that Loren Smith serves on?

3. What is Edo City?

4. Describe what the cruise ship looks like after the explosion occurs.

5. As Pitt and Fox descend in the elevator to the subterranean, soundproofed room at Headquarters, why do Pitt's suspicions of Fox grow?

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. What does an entry in the abandoned ship's log alert the boarding party to?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Raymond Jordan and Hideki Suma.

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

b) Compare the role that justice plays in each of their lives. How is each character affected by the concept of fairness - both positively and negatively?

Essay Topic 2

Hideki Suma is a supremely confident man. Identify at least three instances from the story that highlight his confidence. How is Suma helped by his utter confidence? How is Suma hurt by his confidence? Provide examples of each.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characteristics, roles, loyalties, and agendas of the following people in the story: Hideki Suma, Raymond Jordan, Dirk Pitt, Stacy Fox, and Ichiro Tsuboi.

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