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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 girl's name?

2. Who was the agent who was sent to investigate the boat?

3. For whom did Oscar Lucas work?

4. How many years had Cutty Sark been in the business?

5. What was Dirk Pitt eating?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did she feign sickness?

2. What is titanium used for, according to the Captain, and why?

3. What did the woman's thrill come from after she had looked at the money again?

4. Why can't the Russian government deduce how Min Koryo pulled off the abduction of the President?

5. How does Pitt describe looking for a shipwreck?

6. What did the President want to discuss with the people on board the Eagle?

7. What does the President say in regard to Dirk Pitt?

8. Why does Oscar Lucas have such sway in regard to the President?

9. Why wasn't Mendoza with Pitt and his crew as they discovered the Pilottown?

10. What is Margolin's final argument regarding the proposal of the President?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Dirk and Loren's relationship. Why do you think he went after her so many times, and yet was still asking Ms. Mendoza out for dinner? What kind of relationship do Dirk and Loren have? What adds friction to this relationship, and what do you think brings them closer together?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Dirk Pitt to James Bond. What are their similarities, and how are they different? Do you think it was the author's intent to create a similar character to James Bond? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the public would react to a missing Head of State. How is the public's reaction to the President's disappearance realistic? How is it fictional?

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