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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 helps Pitt lock Giordino up in order to prevent Giordino from accompanying Pitt on their mission?

2. After the nuclear bomb explodes within the United States border, what is the President persuaded to do?

3. Whom will Tsuboi task with manually detonating the nuclear bomb car?

4. How much of a head start does Kamatori allow his victims before he begins to hunt them?

5. Whose head is among those mounted on Kamatori's study wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Kamatori reaches the cliff where Pitt had been and sees all of the blood, what does Kamatori believe?

2. What role is planned for Pitt and Giordino as the MAIT team members get ready to destroy Suma's control center?

3. What is the central concept driving Suma's plan to wreak havoc in the world and allow Japan to assume control?

4. How was Pitt able to put the robotic dogs out of commission?

5. How do Pitt and Giordino safely traverse the booby-trapped tunnel?

6. Why does Tsuboi decide to manually detonate at least one of the nuclear bomb cars?

7. After the MAIT members are captured on Suma's island, what does Suma share with his captives as they all dine together?

8. When the kamikaze detonates the nuclear bomb on U.S. soil, what does the President want to do?

9. Why does Pitt refuse to let Giordino accompany him into Big Ben and to the ocean floor?

10. When Tsuboi orders the helicopter shot down, what unpleasant conclusion do Jordan and Kern reach about Suma?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast how the character of Dirk Pitt changes as the story progresses. Be sure to include your assessment of Pitt's character when he is first introduced in the story, after Loren has been abducted, when Pitt is captured on Ajima Island, and when Pitt sets out on his final mission. Use examples from the story to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Dirk Pitt and Craig Plunkett.

a) How are the two characters similar in terms of their professional lives? How are they different?

b) How are the two characters similar in their personality characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses? How are they different?

c) Looking forward, how might being trapped on Old Gert have affected each of these men as they moved forward with their lives? Would they be similarly affected or not?

Explain your answers and your reasoning.

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