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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 long does Tsuboi give the President to announce to the American people that the President has given into Tsuboi's demands?

2. As Pitt's mission is underway, how many of the bomb cars are still unaccounted for according to the U.S. Government's estimates?

3. As revealed to Loren Smith and Mike Diaz, how does Suma plan to deplete the world's old supply?

4. Whose head is among those mounted on Kamatori's study wall?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pitt refuse to let Giordino accompany him into Big Ben and to the ocean floor?

2. Why does Tsuboi decide to manually detonate at least one of the nuclear bomb cars?

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

4. What does the person concealed in the Murmoto car think as the nuclear device is examined?

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

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

7. What role is planned for Pitt and Giordino as the MAIT team members get ready to destroy Suma's control center?

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

10. Why does Suma take Loren Smith and Mike Diaz for a tour of his island facility before sending them back to the United States?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the main themes is this novel involves deceptive appearances.

a) Identify three characters that use deceptive appearances to further their interests.

b) Why do these characters rely on deception?

c) What is the outcome for these characters? Were they successful in their endeavors? Would they have been more successful if they had not been deceptive? Explain your answer.

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

Throughout the story, there are several attempts made on Dirk Pitt's life.

a) Identify three characters or group who try to kill Pitt. Describe the situation and how Pitt escapes.

b) Compare and contrast the characters that try to kill Pitt, as well as these characters' motivations.

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