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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Sea Launch crewmen are crammed into a black, windowless box in Chapter 54?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty-five.

2. What does Rudy Gunn direct his NUMA ships to do in Chapter 46?
(a) Patrol the Korean coast.
(b) Support the Coast Guard and Navy.
(c) Find Kang's ship.
(d) Sink the Odyssey.

3. Who reaches the Koguryo before it is able to fire on the Icarus?
(a) Marine helicopters.
(b) Navy jets.
(c) Coast Guard cutters.
(d) Air National Guard jets.

4. What was the deviation of the rocket just as it was launching?
(a) Fifteen degrees.
(b) Twelve degrees.
(c) Ten degrees.
(d) Five degrees.

5. What type of watch does Pitt wear?
(a) A Rolex.
(b) A Fossil.
(c) A Timex.
(d) A Doxa.

6. Who is the Homeland Security Special Assistant Dirk meets in Chapter 41?
(a) Webster.
(b) Burroughs.
(c) Peterson.
(d) Gunn.

7. What does Lee do when he realizes he will be captured?
(a) He drowns himself.
(b) He tries to escape on a tender.
(c) He surrenders.
(d) He kills himself.

8. Who is commander of the Navy SEAL team searching for Kang?
(a) Guillermo.
(b) Gatti.
(c) Gomez.
(d) Gutierrez.

9. What does Dahlgren mistake for launch debris as the Icarus approaches the Odyssey?
(a) The Jules Verne.
(b) The Badger.
(c) The U-238.
(d) The Wolverine.

10. What is the WESCAM on board the Icarus?
(a) A satellite receiver.
(b) A navigational device.
(c) A radar.
(d) A long-distance camera.

11. What does Pitt Sr. offer to supplement the work of the Coast Guard in protecting the U.S. mainland from biological attack?
(a) Five small submarines.
(b) A blimp.
(c) Three research vessels.
(d) A refitted Chinese junk.

12. Who is captain of the Odyssey?
(a) Huntley.
(b) Henley.
(c) Harrison.
(d) Hennessey.

13. Who does Lee realize has betrayed him in Chapter 62?
(a) Kane and Tongju.
(b) Kim and Toshiba.
(c) Kim and Tomlinson.
(d) Kim and Tongju.

14. Who is the engineer that informs Ling about the launchpad horizontal deviation on board the Odyssey as the rocket launches?
(a) Choi.
(b) Chang.
(c) Chin.
(d) Charlie.

15. Who is Dirk Pitt, Sr.'s wife?
(a) Lacy Spencer.
(b) Linda Sams.
(c) Loren Smith.
(d) Lucy Stewart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in Ling's mind, is the riskiest part of the mission in Chapter 59?

2. What kind of engine does the rocket being fired from the Odyssey have?

3. How long does the launch countdown for a rocket fired from a Sea Launch platform last?

4. What Coast Guard ship goes to inspect the Odyssey?

5. What type of engines drive the Icarus?

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