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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 was the stipulation that Esbenson gave Dirk on the repair of his Cord?

2. What is revealed in this chapter about Topiltzin and Yazid?

3. Who rescues Kamil?

4. What kind of metal were the scrolls stored in?

5. Who and what ended up saving the Special Forces and the majority of the hostages?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pitt know the terrorists are aware of?

2. When is the first time Pitt has been wrong in this book?

3. What is the President of the USA requesting of Senator Pitt? What is something he adds that he would normally not do?

4. What sounds like a "grand plan" to the President and to Douglas Oates?

5. Where is the best location for the scrolls to be if they are to maintain their cohesion and readability? Where is the worst?

6. What happens when Ammar pushes the button for the detonation?

7. Why can't the President of the United States expose Topiltzin and Yazid?

8. Why would no archaeologist back what Pitt was saying about Venator coming to the Americas?

9. In what ways did Ismail's inexperience show through?

10. What was the easiest excuse to get the security guards into the room to be killed? How were they killed?

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

Write an essay from research on airplane crash survivors. What kinds of things did they have to do in the name of survival? Do you think you could do the same? Why or why not? Do you think this is an accurate answer, or do you think that you might change your mind in the heat of the actual situation?

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