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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. Who truly enjoys the time spent interrogating Hideki Suma?

2. How much of a head start does Kamatori allow his victims before he begins to hunt them?

3. According to Sandecker's plan, how many kilometers must Pitt and Giordino move the nuclear bomb to get it into position closer to the island?

4. What directive does Tsuboi's supervisor give to Tsuboi?

5. Who shows the MAIT team members where to place their explosives to generate the maximum effect?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Suma's technicians not alarmed when they find a decommissioned robot?

2. With Suma's capture by the Americans, why is the Kaiten Project now set back by several weeks?

3. When Kamatori reaches the cliff where Pitt had been and sees all of the blood, what does Kamatori believe?

4. When the kamikaze detonates the nuclear bomb on U.S. soil, what does the President want to do?

5. Why does Kamatori believe his mission to eliminate Pitt and Giordino's failed?

6. When Tsuboi orders the helicopter shot down, what unpleasant conclusion do Jordan and Kern reach about Suma?

7. While the President is waiting to see if Pitt's mission is successful, Tsuboi contacts the President. What are Tsuboi's demands?

8. After Dirk Pitt's obituary appears in the newspaper, Giordino and Sandecker are at Pitt's hangar. Why are the two men saddened?

9. Why do the robots not attack the three MAIT members when they enter Suma's control room?

10. What was the tensest moment of Pitt's mission to put the nuclear bomb into place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Suma's grand scheme does not use the nuclear devices hidden in the automobiles to destroy life. The simultaneous explosions have another purpose. Describe the result Suma hopes to achieve with the simultaneous nuclear explosions. Is this scenario likely in today's world? 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

Pitt and Giordino can be seen as kindred spirits. Although they are not quite the same, they share a number of similarities. Identify and describe these similarities. Based on your discussion of their similarities, identify the ways these two men's similarities facilitate their understanding of each other and deepens their relationship.

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