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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Giordino's job at NUMA?
(a) Overseer of oceanographic projects.
(b) Special projects director.
(c) Assistant projects director.
(d) Assistant special projects director.

2. What is the name of Sheriff Sweat's boat?
(a) Dade in the Water.
(b) Southern Comfort.
(c) Florida Comfort.
(d) The Office.

3. When does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) September 15, 1987.
(b) July 18, 1990.
(c) October 10, 1989.
(d) April 3, 1988.

4. What does Jessie call the house they find on the island?
(a) A geodesic dome.
(b) A subinsulator house.
(c) A movable dwelling.
(d) A berm house.

5. What does Pitt decide to use when he escapes from the island?
(a) He repairs a small hole in an old boat.
(b) He uses the inflatable that brought them to the island.
(c) He lashes boards together to make a raft.
(d) An old bathtub for a boat.

6. How long have Giordino and Pitt been friends?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 10 years.

7. How many tons of lunar-soil materials does it take to make two hundred pounds of a bastard metal or five hundred pounds of glass?
(a) 1 ton.
(b) 4 tons.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 2 tons.

8. What is Pitt's father's occupation?
(a) California Congressman.
(b) Industrialist.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) California Senator.

9. Where does Pitt hide the motor he finds when he escapes from his cell the first time?
(a) Under an old bathtub.
(b) In an old shack.
(c) Under some brush.
(d) Under an old rotting boat.

10. What color is the door where Hudson's office is located?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gray.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

11. What had Pitt done to Gly when they worked on the same project?
(a) Disabled his airplane.
(b) Brained him with a wrench.
(c) Damaged his boat.
(d) Shot at him.

12. What are the approximate dimensions of the crate that is put on board in Rio?
(a) 4 feet long by 6 feet high by 4 feet wide.
(b) 12 feet long by 4 feet high by 6 feet wide.
(c) 9 feet long by 3 feet high by four feet wide.
(d) 20 feet long by 8 feet high by 8 feet wide.

13. In the Prologue, how many people are on the "Cyclops"?
(a) 118.
(b) 306.
(c) 412.
(d) 309.

14. What is Pitt's job?
(a) Navy pilot.
(b) Air Force pilot.
(c) Special project director for the National Underwater and Marine Agency.
(d) Army officer.

15. Who greets the President after the unveiling of a statue to commemorate the sinking of the Leopoldville?
(a) Dan Fawcett.
(b) Ira Hagen.
(c) Leonard Hudson.
(d) Admiral Sandecker.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tons of coal can be carried by the Cyclops?

2. When was the Cyclops built?

3. What is in the bundle that the three men doggedly haul with them from the Prosperteer?

4. When Hagan is at the Pattenden Laboratory, who does he discover may be another Inner Core member?

5. How many men were in the Inner Core when it was established?

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