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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 does Pitt tell Rondheim he does for a living?

2. How does Rondheim feel about Pitt when they meet?

3. Why does Pitt meet with an Admiral after he wakes?

4. What leads Sandecker to believe they have been spotted?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pitt do while Hunnewell probes the iceberg for the ship?

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

3. What do Pitt and those with him find when they get on a boat?

4. Who is on patrol in the beginning of the book and what do they find?

5. What causes Koski suspicions when Pitt is being shown around the ship?

6. What favor does Pitt ask of Rondheim and how does he respond?

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

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

9. Who does Lt. Dover bring first to Koski and what does that person do? What is Koski's response?

10. What does Sandecker tell Pitt about Kristjan's twin sister?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Compare and contrast the characters Dirk Pitt and Oskar Rondheim.

2. Compare and contrast the characters Tidi and Kirsti.

3. Compare and contrast the characters James Kelly and Sam Kelly.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Tidi reacts hysterically to the fact the men in the hydrofoil are killed, but this gives Sandecker and Pitt a chance to explain their motives and their philosophy that it is better for them to survive than be killed by Oskar's henchmen.

1. Explain why one might judge the above statement to be sexist. Use examples from the book and real life to support your answer.

2. Realistically, shouldn't everyone, man or woman, get upset when people are killed? Do you agree with this statement? Explain why or why not.

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