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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. Where is the passageway to the communications center?

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

3. How much older is Jessie than Pitt?

4. When the Soviet soldiers land on the moon, how do they feel?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 40, how much longer does Pitt expect his motor to keep running?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Pitt decide that the ships are the bombs that the Russians intend to set off in Havana?

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

5. What happened when Pitt and Quintana burst into the communications center?

6. What happened to Jessie, Hagen and the Castros who were in Sloppy Joe's when the explosion occurred?

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

8. How do the colonists defeat the Russians?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argue whether each storyline of the novel does or does not have a protagonist and an antagonist. Use examples from the novel to support your position.

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

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

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