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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. Approximately how many heads does Kamatori have mounted on the wall in his study?

2. What is Tsuboi known for?

3. How many hours does the President of the United States give Jordan's team to find and destroy Suma's control center?

4. How far from the blast is Pitt when the nuclear bomb he moved into position near the fault line explodes?

5. What lie does Pitt tell Giordino in their room because Pitt believes that the room is bugged?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Back at the house when he is selecting his next victim, why does Kamatori choose Fox instead of Weatherhill?

7. How was Pitt able to put the robotic dogs out of commission?

8. What are Raymond Jordan's intentions concerning Hideki Suma?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Japanese use several different methods to try to force the Americans to meet their demands.

a) Identify three tactics used by the Japanese to force the Americans' hands.

b) For each tactic identified, explain why the Japanese chose this method of persuasion.

c) Compare and contrast these tactics in terms of their operational style, level of involvement, and success or failure.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Dirk Pitt and Craig Plunkett.

a) How are the two characters similar in terms of their professional lives? How are they different?

b) How are the two characters similar in their personality characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses? How are they different?

c) Looking forward, how might being trapped on Old Gert have affected each of these men as they moved forward with their lives? Would they be similarly affected or not?

Explain your answers and your reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the political argument regarding the taxation of Japanese companies doing business on American soil from the perspective of both the Americans and the Japanese. Be sure to include whether or not you agree with the positions taken by Loren Smith and Hideki Suma.

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