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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two elements does Kang's super-virus contain?
(a) Chickenpox and mumps.
(b) Smallpox and HIV-1.
(c) Smallpox and pneumonia.
(d) Smallpox and H1N1.

2. Where is Kang's private island lair?
(a) Kalispel.
(b) Kalipso.
(c) Kyodongdo.
(d) Krypton.

3. How do Sarah and her fellow scientists survive?
(a) They were given an antidote.
(b) They had antibodies that made them immune to the toxin.
(c) They were exposed to a low level of toxin.
(d) They had sinus infections that kept the toxin from entering their lungs.

4. What is the name of the Japanese sub Dirk and Dahlgren investigate in Chapters 8 and 9?
(a) The I-603.
(b) The I-65.
(c) The I-110.
(d) The I-403.

5. Who is Takeo Yoshida?
(a) A Japanese submarine commander.
(b) A biological warfare expert.
(c) A Korean diplomat.
(d) A crane operator for the Yokohama Port Development Corporation.

6. What is the sunken Japanese ship in Chapter 13 leaking?
(a) Cyanide.
(b) Arsenic.
(c) Radiation.
(d) Botox.

7. What is discovered about the ailing scientists who are rescued by Dirk?
(a) They were given six months to live.
(b) They had amnesia.
(c) No toxins were in their bodies and they were given clean bills of health.
(d) They were shown to have high levels of a toxic substance in their bloodstream.

8. What river does Kang's lair overlook?
(a) The Han.
(b) The Volga.
(c) The Danube.
(d) The Rhine.

9. Where does President Ward desire that the G8 summit meet?
(a) At Alcatraz.
(b) At Disneyland.
(c) At Yellowstone Park.
(d) At a Beverly Hills hotel.

10. How does Gunn know the Sea Rover has disappeared?
(a) Dirk is able to get a radio message to NUMA.
(b) He is no longer receiving a GPS signal.
(c) The Sea Rover issued an SOS.
(d) The Sea Rover no longer shows up on satellite imagery.

11. What does Summer try to use to cut through the iron ring she and Dirk are handcuffed to?
(a) A blowtorch.
(b) A nail file.
(c) Her teeth.
(d) A hacksaw.

12. Where does the research vessel go after returning to port at the opening of Chapter 5?
(a) Olympia.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Tacoma.
(d) Seattle.

13. Who is Raul Biazon?
(a) A scientist working for the Japanese Red Army.
(b) A double agent.
(c) A helicopter pilot.
(d) A biologist for the Philippine government.

14. Who is Irv Fowler?
(a) An American scientist from WWII.
(b) An inventor who learned how to weaponize cyanide.
(c) A scientist saved from the Aleutian Island poisoning at the beginning of the book.
(d) A submarine commander from WWII.

15. Who is Kang's assistant?
(a) Kwan.
(b) Kong.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Kokomoto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the U.S. ambassador to Japan?

2. Who is Garner Ward?

3. What is variola major?

4. Who is described in Chapter 31 as a "fiery bantam?"

5. Who does Catana meet at a bar in South Korea?

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