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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hagen go after he leaves Albuquerque?
(a) California.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Houston.

2. What does Pitt want Hiram Yaeger to research using NUMA's computers at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Raymond LeBaron and Cyclops.
(b) Bougainville shipping family.
(c) Buck Caesar and Joseph Cavilla.
(d) The Prosperteer.

3. Who are the men who were found on the Prosperteer?
(a) Escaped criminals.
(b) Native Americans.
(c) Soviet cosmonauts.
(d) Cuban nationals.

4. What is really in the package that Joe uses to threaten the President?
(a) A file about the colony.
(b) A bomb.
(c) New golf balls.
(d) Old newspapers.

5. Where did Dr. Calvin Rooney attend medical school?
(a) Yale.
(b) Johns Hopkins.
(c) University of Pennsylvania.
(d) Harvard.

6. Who is the first person that Sandecker calls after communication is lost with the Prosperteer?
(a) Admiral Monfort.
(b) Captain Arnold.
(c) The President.
(d) The Vice President.

7. What intruder crosses the paths of the racing sailboats?
(a) The Prosperteer.
(b) A merchant vessel.
(c) A Coast Guard boat.
(d) A Navy schooner.

8. What is Ira Hagan examining at the Pattenden Laboratory?
(a) Accounting ledgers.
(b) Online accounting records.
(c) Phone records.
(d) Staff expense reports.

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

10. What is in the bundle that the three men doggedly haul with them from the Prosperteer?
(a) An inflatable boat.
(b) A life raft.
(c) Life jackets.
(d) Extra air tanks.

11. After Gly is injured during an interrogation session with Pitt, what does he throw at Pitt?
(a) A metal bucket.
(b) A water pipe.
(c) A wash basin.
(d) A chair.

12. Who kills the consul general?
(a) The captain.
(b) A large black man.
(c) A South American Indian.
(d) A crew member.

13. How much does the Russian-manned lunar station weigh?
(a) 110 tons.
(b) 80 tons.
(c) 175 tons.
(d) 220 tons.

14. When Pitt gains consciousness after being tortured by Gly, who is in his room helping him?
(a) Jessie LeBaron.
(b) Giordino.
(c) Gunn.
(d) Raymond LeBaron.

15. Captain Worley was the commander of the Cyclops. What was his real name?
(a) William Von Braun.
(b) Karl Bader.
(c) Johann Wichman.
(d) Albert Heinz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the executive officer on the Cyclops?

2. What clue does Pitt provide to Detective Victor?

3. When was the blimp taken out of service with the Navy?

4. 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?

5. Which President was the first to know about the Jersey Colony?

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