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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 on some of the rocks near the lunar colony that the Soviets are walking around?

2. How far are Pitt, Manny, and the others from the shore when the tidal wave hits?

3. How tall is the tidal wave that results from the explosions of the three ships in the Havana harbor?

4. What type of car comes up behind Jessie, Pitt, and the taxi driver when they are at a fourth checkpoint?

5. What does Pitt take with him on the Dasher as the assault team prepares to attack Cayo Santa Maria?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Pitt and Jessie get into the Swiss Embassy?

2. Why is the flight commander of the Gettysburg disturbed at the beginning of Chapter 54?

3. Why does Giordino throw the coffee cups that he was bringing to Sandecker and Jessie over his shoulder?

4. What may be the purpose of the Russian installation?

5. Why is Major Gus Hollyman flying scared at the beginning of Chapter 56?

6. In Chapter 72, where is Velikov taken when his limousine is stopped by a roadblock?

7. Why do the Soviets believe that the Cubans are responsible for the destruction of the communications center on Cayo Santa Maria?

8. Why doesn't Pitt rendezvous with the rest of the assault team back at the SPUT?

9. What does Raul Castro want Fidel Castro to do?

10. What does Pitt do after he crashes the taxi into the Russian car that was pursuing him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Pitt was asked to undertake a mission to follow the flight path that Raymond LeBaron took in the Prosperteer before he disappeared. Explain how the author used foreshadowing to indicate that something was not right about the mission. Use examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout "Cyclops", Cussler weaves historical facts with the storyline. Explain how Cussler uses creative license to adapt history to advance the plot of the novel.

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