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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the sandbar located?
(a) Near Newfoundland.
(b) Near Quebec.
(c) Near Labrador.
(d) Near Greenland.

2. What is Richard Essex doing on the train?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Writing a letter to his wife.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Reading a book.

3. With whom does Sandecker have to argue over funding for NUMA?
(a) Mercier.
(b) A Senate finance committee.
(c) The President.
(d) Congressional budget committee.

4. What English naval officer agrees to look for references to the North American Treaty?
(a) Captain Durham-Speer.
(b) Lieutenant Smythe-Jones.
(c) Lieutenant Burton-Angus.
(d) Captain Wentworth.

5. How does the Doodlebug survive the torpedo attack?
(a) The torpedo missed.
(b) The torpedo hits a rock outcropping.
(c) The torpedo hits a sandbar.
(d) The torpedo hits a whale.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can the Doodlebug identify minerals?

2. What is Mercier's job?

3. Where is Heidi heading after Dirk sees her off at the airport?

4. Who has Heidi been studying for two years as she works on her degree?

5. Where in England is a reference to the North American Treaty found?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the weather like as Sam Harding waits for the Manhattan Limited?

2. Why does Mercier meet with the Secretary of Energy, Ronald Klein?

3. Why is Mercier worried as he works late at the beginning of Chapter 21?

4. What does John Essex do after Heidi Milligan leaves?

5. What does Quebec Hydro want if they sell electricity to the United States?

6. Describe the injuries that the Prime Minister suffers after escaping the plane.

7. What is Hiram Meechum, the Western Union man, doing while he waits for the train?

8. What does a man do when he finds his daughter half buried in the debris on the ship?

9. What does the Doodlebug find?

10. Why is it highly unlikely that someone could tap into Pitt's video transmissions?

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