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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jessie call the house they find on the island?

2. Why do the Soviets wish to move up the date of the Rum and Cola operation?

3. What was the President's sister's name who died and left three girls?

4. When does the Selenos 8 launch?

5. How long has the Jersey Colony been in existence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jessie LeBaron say that the man found on the Prosperteer is not Raymond LeBaron?

2. Describe the caravan that brought passengers and cargo to the Cyclops before the ship left Rio de Janeiro.

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

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

5. How are the deaths of the bodies on the blimp similar to a case Rooney had fifteen years ago?

6. Describe Lieutenant Commander George Worley.

7. Why is the President told about the Jersey Colony?

8. What odd events had the Cyclops encountered since leaving home port?

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

10. Why should Jessie LeBaron have been careful not to offend Pitt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is the inciting force of the novel the La Dorada or when Jessie, Pitt, Gunn, and Giordino are downed with the Prosperteer? Or is the inciting force something else? Create arguments explaining what the inciting force is of the novel. Use examples from the novel to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Pitt is fully capable of working solo, but is also willing to work as part of team. Show other examples of teamwork in the novel and compare how different groups of characters work together to accomplish a goal or solve a problem.

Essay Topic 3

Cussler uses suspense to keep the reader guessing throughout the novel "Cyclops." Explain how elements of suspense are used to advance the plot in the novel.

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