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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Coast Guard plane doing at the beginning of this novel?
(a) Looking for survivors of a ship wreck.
(b) Trying to find the north pole.
(c) It's on standard iceberg patrol.
(d) Tracking drug runners.

2. What does Pitt begin to suspect as Hunnewell works?
(a) The radio won't work there.
(b) They've been set up.
(c) Hunnewell is a Russian agent.
(d) They are on the wrong side of the iceberg.

3. What could the sea probe Fyrie's company discovered do?
(a) Find anything on the bottom of the ocean.
(b) Find pockets of magnum.
(c) Find fresh water pockets.
(d) Find any sunken ship.

4. In the opening of Chapter Five where are Pitt and Hunnewell flying?
(a) The North Pole.
(b) Washington.
(c) Paris.
(d) Reykjavik.

5. Why is it difficult for the helicopter to land on Koski's cutter?
(a) The wind is very strong.
(b) The deck is icy.
(c) There's a severe storm.
(d) It's a very small deck.

6. How does Pitt feel about Oskar Rondheim when he meets him?
(a) He thinks he's interesting.
(b) He dislikes him immediately.
(c) He thinks he's funny.
(d) He likes the way he treats Kirsti.

7. With whom does Pitt meet immediately after the crash?
(a) Tidi.
(b) A doctor.
(c) Sandecker.
(d) Kirsti.

8. What does Pitt smell when they land on another iceberg?
(a) Beef stew.
(b) Blood.
(c) Burnt oil.
(d) Coffee.

9. What does Pitt do after he wakes?
(a) Calls Sandecker in Washington.
(b) Gets cleaned up in fresh clothes.
(c) Calls Blackburn in New York.
(d) Calls Hildbaum in San Diego.

10. What does Pitt do before the helicopter crashes?
(a) Makes the jet crash.
(b) Call in for help.
(c) Shoots the jet.
(d) Push Hunnewell out the door.

11. What leads Sandecker to believe they have been spotted?
(a) A flash of binoculars.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Another boat passed close by.
(d) Lights flashing Morse code.

12. What does Pitt do after seeing Koski?
(a) Go to eat dinner.
(b) Go to bed.
(c) Tour the cutter.
(d) Call Sandecker.

13. What does Sandecker do at the restaurant before Kirsti arrives?
(a) Tells Tidi to order for him while he makes a call.
(b) Asks about the helicopter crash.
(c) Has Pitt call Koski.
(d) Reviews what they know about Kirsti.

14. What does Hunnewell say to Pitt after the crash?
(a) I'm hurt bad.
(b) God save thee.
(c) Find the sea probe.
(d) Find Kirsti.

15. What does the crew see in the iceberg?
(a) A burned out ship.
(b) Some frozen people.
(c) An American and French flag.
(d) A mastodon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pitt notice when Kristi arrives at the restaurant?

2. What happens when the men in the boat confront Pitt and Hunnewell?

3. What do Pitt and Sandecker discover once on the boat they chose?

4. How much older than Kristjan is Kirsti?

5. What does Tidi do when Pitt goes in the water?

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