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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 Yaeger call the voice activated computer at NUMA?

2. Who do the three men and Jessie see seated at a table in the house they find on the island?

3. What color is the door where Hudson's office is located?

4. Approximately how long has the black woman in the Dade County autopsy room been dead?

5. What does it say on the door where Hagen finds the Jersey Colony communications center and brain trust?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Velikov's study.

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

9. Why was Dr. Calvin Rooney not happy about doing an autopsy on a victim of drug overdose?

10. What does Rooney learn about the identities of the bodies found on the blimp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain which characters in the novel serve as character foils and how they contrast with the other characters. Use examples from "Cyclops."

Essay Topic 2

Argue whether most of the conflicts that occur in the novel are internal or external conflicts. Use examples from "Cyclops" to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from "Cyclops", explain how Cussler uses cliffhangers to build tension in the novel.

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