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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. How old was the barbarian girl?

2. Who did Kamil think he was?

3. What did the U.S. offer the Russians?

4. What color did the sky turn in the morning?

5. How does Topiltzin plan to ensure that the southern USA relinquishes its hold on their states?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are classical works of art and literature such a vital interest to the Government of the U.S.A?

2. How did Redfern feel about being yanked from his work?

3. Why did Topiltzin kill Rivas?

4. Why aren't the Soviets aware of the salvage operation?

5. Why did Mr. Schiller take the call?

6. What identifying characteristics would an early merchant vessel have that would be identifiable to Dirk?

7. Why would recovery of the sub be a difficult endeavor?

8. What was the steward of Flight 106 attempting to do and why?

9. Why did Venator feel no remorse for those who had perished when the roof had collapsed?

10. What was the hangar and what did it contain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character profile of Topiltzin. What kind of person is he? What would he be most likely to do to his opposition? In what ways would he handle criticism? Who would he be most likely comparable to in our world?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the nature of barbarity and savages. When taken into context, although Native Americans lived primitively, the barbaric invaders were the europeans who came here and slaughtered villages. What defines a barbarian? A savage? Relate barbarity to developed nations. How do they interact?

Essay Topic 3

What does Dirk's action regarding the crash say about his personality? Why do you think he fought so hard to save those people he didn't know? What would you have done in his position?

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