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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 are the names of Topiltzin and Yazid's younger brother and sister?

2. What is the name of the ship that Dirk is going to take control of?

3. Who got the blame every time an assassination or terrorist plot was uncovered?

4. How long did Dirk say that it would take to find the Lady Flamborough?

5. How does Ammar cover for himself not sounding like Captain Collins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of things were loaded onto the Lady Flamborough?

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

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

4. How did Pitt feel about the push for a location?

5. What information is missing on Yazid?

6. What information bothers Yeager and Dirk?

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

8. What changes did Ammar undergo to look the part of Captain Collins?

9. How did Yeager manage to find that Venator had been at Barnaget Bay in New Jersey?

10. What is the difference between papyrus and parchment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What kind of information does the Latin logs of Cuccius reveal about that time frame? What does it reveal in answers to questions in the story? What kind of hope does this leave for the actual location of the relics of Alexandria?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Clive Cussler with Dirk Pitt. How is the author alike to the character he created? What are his obvious shortcomings? How is the author different from Dirk Pitt? What do you think of authors that choose to create a character that shares their interests?

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