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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. Which President placed Cuba off limits to Americans?

2. Who is the tenth Inner Core member?

3. Where do Jessie and Pitt sleep when they get to Cuba?

4. How old does Hilda Kronberg appear to be?

5. How many feet does Jurgens have to spare when he lands the space shuttle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the President want Steinmetz to do before the Russians land on the moon?

3. What does Pitt learn when he calls Weehawken Marine Products?

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

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

6. What is the problem with the engines of the Amy Bigalow and the Ozero Zaysan?

7. How do the colonists defeat the Russians?

8. Describe what happened when the Ozero Baykai blew up.

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

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

Using examples from the novel, argue whether Jessie did or did not know that Raymond killed Hans Kroenburg and stole La Dorada.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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