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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. What kind of markings does Pitt find on the jet?

2. What did Hunnewell say was one of the big changes in Fyrie's life?

3. What is one of the mysteries Pitt wants to solve?

4. What does Hunnewell do while they are walking on the iceberg?

5. What does Pitt know about the cutter's capabilities?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pitt see coming near the helicopter and what happens to the helicopter after that?

2. How does Hunnewell feel about Fyrie and what does he tell Pitt about the man?

3. Who shows up at the doctor's house where Pitt has been taken and what happens to them?

4. How does Pitt feel towards Sandecker and the Admiral towards Pitt?

5. What does Pitt do off the boat? What does Sandecker see? What does Pitt discover?

6. What do the people in Question #1 do about their find? Who sees them do this?

7. Who is with Pitt when he awakens? How does he feel about her and she about him?

8. What do Pitt and Hunnewell find on the embedded ship?

9. What does Sandecker order Pitt and how does he respond?

10. What does Pitt do when Rondheim joins them and how does Rondheim respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pitt's dedication to his job and his sense of survival never allows him to consider Kirsti as a potential lover. Pitt uses Oskar's confusion about Pitt's masculinity to maneuver a boat from Kirsti and Oskar so he can begin looking for the jet.

1. Discuss what could occur in a situation like Pitt's if he had not set aside his attraction to Kirsti and had pursued it.

2. The prevailing consensus in work places is to never have an affair with a co-worker or boss. How do you think this idea would support Pitt's turning away from Kirsti?

3. Why do you think Pitt pretending to be a homosexual could confuse a person to the point of conceding a favor to a stranger? Use examples to illustrate your answer.

Essay Topic 2

The contrast of an ancient plane beating the plans of a madman's computers is enjoyed by Pitt immensely.

1. Explain in detail, using examples, why you think Pitt enjoyed the irony in the above situation.

2. Discuss what irony is and why the above situation is an example of it.

3. Is the most modern technology always the best choice for solving a problem? Discuss why or why not this is true and a situation which illustrates your position.

Essay Topic 3

Pitt has an immediate dislike for Rondheim and how he is treating Kirsti. Rondheim does not like Pitt either. Pitt decides to change his demeanor with Oskar; Pitt pretends, to the astonishment of Sandecker and Tidi, that he is a homosexual. Rondheim is disgusted and underestimates Pitt, which is part of Dirk's plan.

1. Do you think it is possible to dislike or like someone the moment one meets them? Why or why not?

2. Given the era in which this book was written, why do you think someone would underestimate a "homosexual?"

3. Discuss the various stereotypes and labels that occur in the above statement about homosexuals.

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