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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. Who does Pitt realize is a covert operative spying on Soggy Acres while en route to Washington D.C.?

2. How many ships like the Divine Star are headed to the United States?

3. Who has been recruited by Suma to take delivery of specific cars from the incoming ships?

4. After learning that both the Congresswoman and Senator have been abducted, who do Pitt, Sandecker, and Giordino also learn has been abducted?

5. How many people aboard the first transport sub survive after the sub is hit by the junk ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the congressional subcommittee that Loren Smith serves on?

2. What is the mission of the British survey vessel in the Western Pacific?

3. Why is the pod less buoyant than expected, so it does not reach the ocean surface?

4. When Jim Hanamura is late reporting in, Pitt is concerned. Why is Hanamura late checking in?

5. Within minutes of boarding the abandoned ship, what symptoms do the boarding party members begin to experience?

6. Why do the men in the repaired submersible cut the habitation pod loose from the framework of Big John?

7. Why does Craig Plunkett not simply shut off Old Gert's systems and let the crew members die as their oxygen supply dwindles down?

8. Why does the crew of the ship that happens upon the drifting vessel send a boarding party over to the apparently abandoned ship?

9. As Chapter 7 opens, the Old Gert's crew is barely alive. Why is carbon dioxide rapidly building up?

10. What additional steps must the ground crew take in order to load the nuclear bomb onto the Dennings' Demons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Suma's grand scheme does not use the nuclear devices hidden in the automobiles to destroy life. The simultaneous explosions have another purpose. Describe the result Suma hopes to achieve with the simultaneous nuclear explosions. Is this scenario likely in today's world? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There is no doubt that Pitt has been greatly affected by the abduction of Loren Smith. Discuss how Loren's abduction affects not only Pitt's worldview, but also his determination to pursue Loren's pursuers. How does Loren's abduction affect Pitt's mental state, his ability to reason, his ability to trust, and his ability to hope?

Essay Topic 3

There are several characters introduced in the story who do not survive until the end of the story. Identify at least three people killed as the novel progresses. Compare and contrast each of these deaths, being sure to indicate which character died, how the character died, who was responsible for the death, and how the character's death affects the overall plot. What could have - or should have - been learned from each of these deaths by the other characters?

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