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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 crashed the snowmobile Lily and Gronquist were on?

2. What did Dirk ask Lily?

3. Who did Lily say she was?

4. Why was Nichols summoned?

5. What was the knife that cut out Rivas' heart made of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the gold piece such an amazing discovery?

2. Who was the last one to fall and what did he do?

3. What things did Rivas say the President of the USA wanted with him?

4. Why did Mr. Schiller take the call?

5. What did Venator consider an acceptable sacrifice for the preservation of these artifacts?

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

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

8. Why might the tablets suit any known geographical location?

9. What was the secret purpose of the Thursday night poker game?

10. Why didn't the sight of blood and the bodies sicken the impostor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Hala and any political figure you can think of. Who does she most resemble in politics? What about monarchs of the past and present? How is Hala the only comparable woman to match Dirk? How do you think Clive Cussler feels about women? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare and contrast Robert and Paul as brothers. Who was more likely to gain a monopoly and why? What do you think would have changed if either brother was able to overthrow completely the existing government and assume control? Examine how life would change as though it were a real possibility that this could happen.

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