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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. Why is Dirk not feeling well when he returns to Washington after the torpedo incident?

2. What was the United States to get as part of the North American Treaty?

3. What does Dirk ask the helicopter pilot, who brings Heidi to the wreck site, to bring on his next run?

4. What top secret program does the President want Mercier and Klein to coordinate with the State Department and Central Intelligence?

5. What does Dirk want to borrow from Magee?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Heidi want to start searching the Empress of Ireland first?

2. Why does the President need the copy of the treaty?

3. What does Dirk find at Coles Point?

4. How does Gly escape death when the hydroplane rams into a Japanese cargo ship?

5. What Sarveux comes home from the hospital, what does he tell Villon?

6. What four things does Dirk tell Moon he has to have if he is going to look for the North American Treaty?

7. Who does the President send to help Dirk and his crew?

8. What four different systems will be used to tunnel through the Empress?

9. Describe how the Empress of Ireland sank.

10. Why does Giordino favor starting the search for the treaty at the site of the train wreck?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the leadership styles of Dirk and Sarveux. Explain why their leadership styles are different and how their personalities affect their leadership styles.

Essay Topic 2

Does the author use third person limited or third person omniscient point of view? Present arguments indicating which point of view the author uses. Use examples from the novel to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

There are many conflicts in the book. Identify different types of conflict in the novel and compare these conflicts showing how they are and are not related.

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