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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date of the Washington Post that is on Velikov's desk in his study?
(a) Two days ago.
(b) Today's date.
(c) Three days ago.
(d) Five days ago.

2. When was the blimp taken out of service with the Navy?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1939.

3. How many levels does the Soviet installation have?
(a) 3 levels.
(b) 2 levels.
(c) 5 levels.
(d) 6 levels.

4. How did the black woman being autopsied by the Dade County coroner die?
(a) Shotgun wound.
(b) Overdose.
(c) Three punctures in the heart.
(d) Hit on the head with a blunt object.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Buck Caesar?

2. What do the three men and Jessie smell inside the house they find on the island?

3. How much older is Pitt than the other racers?

4. How many days have passed between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2?

5. What is really in the package that Joe uses to threaten the President?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Captain Worley put Lieutenant David Forbes under ship's arrest?

2. Why did Pitt place a hair across his door when he escaped from his cell the first time?

3. Describe the Unified Space Operations Center in Colorado Springs.

4. Why does the Prosperteer make a good platform for spotting potential shipwreck sites from the air?

5. Why didn't Ira Hagen go to Houston?

6. What is the Jersey Colony?

7. What did the FBI learn about the bodies found on the blimp?

8. How does Hagen get papers relating to the Inner Core from General Fisher?

9. Why do the Soviets decide to attack the moon base?

10. Describe what Pitt finds when is escaping from the Russian installation.

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