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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 is Ira Hagan examining at the Pattenden Laboratory?

2. How old was Lieutenant Church at the time of the Cyclops' last voyage?

3. After Gly is injured during an interrogation session with Pitt, what does he throw at Pitt?

4. Who is going to pilot the Prosperteer?

5. What color lab coat does Dr. Calvin Rooney wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a Soviet geophysicist find when examining photographs taken by the Selenos 4?

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

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

4. Why do Pitt and crew on the Prosperteer need to be back by 1400 hours?

5. Why would it have been disastrous for the Prosperteer to collide with the Sonesta Beach Hotel?

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

7. What is the Jersey Colony?

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

9. Describe Lieutenant Commander George Worley.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare the leadership styles of Pitt and the President; also explain how their personalities affect their style of leadership.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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