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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. As Jessie and the men struggle to walk on the island, they find a massive iron gate. What shape are the bars welded into?

2. Where did the President and his brother-in-law originally meet the man who interrupted the President's golf game?

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

4. What is the name of Sheriff Sweat's boat?

5. When does the starboard engine on the Cyclops break down?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Sandecker learn from Admiral Monfort?

4. Describe Velikov's study.

5. Why does Hagen tell the President not to judge the men of the Inner Core too harshly?

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

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

8. How was the Prosperteer prevented from crashing into the hotel?

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

10. Why were some Soviet scientists upset about the cargo of the Selenos 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argue whether Worley, Captain of the Cyclops, was a German sympathizer. Use examples from the novel to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the novel to support your position, argue whether Cussler does or does not makes events like the lunar colony plausible.

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