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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 do Steinmetz and his crew make from grapes?

2. What color is the door where Hudson's office is located?

3. What is the name of LeBaron's blimp?

4. Who kills the consul general?

5. When did Castro deed Cayo Santa Maria to the Russians?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the Prosperteer prevented from crashing into the hotel?

2. Why can't radioman Sparks call another ship?

3. Why are the Russians on Cayo Santa Maria?

4. What odd events had the Cyclops encountered since leaving home port?

5. Why is the President told about the Jersey Colony?

6. What does a Soviet geophysicist find when examining photographs taken by the Selenos 4?

7. Why should Jessie LeBaron have been careful not to offend Pitt?

8. What did Pitt, Gunn, Giordino, and Jessie find in the cargo hold of the Cyclops?

9. Why was Steinmetz chosen to lead the Jersey Colony?

10. How are the deaths of the bodies on the blimp similar to a case Rooney had fifteen years ago?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Use examples from the novel and argue that the genre of the novel is either an action-adventure or some other type of genre.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout "Cyclops", Cussler weaves historical facts with the storyline. Explain how Cussler uses creative license to adapt history to advance the plot of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Argue whether Cussler does or does not have any dynamic characters in the novel. Use examples from the novel to support your position.

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