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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. Where is a piece of the Ozero Zaysan's forward mast found?

3. How many of Major Borchev's men die in the fight with Clark's men?

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

5. How far away are seagulls crushed by the concussion when the Amy Bigalow and Ozero Zaysan blow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the colonists defeat the Russians?

2. How did Raymond LeBaron die?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is Velikov supposed to bring down the Gettysburg?

10. What does Pitt do when Martin Brogan implies that he is not telling the truth about his experiences on the island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Would you consider Pitt to be a hero? Create arguments explaining why Pitt is or is not a hero in the novel. Use examples from the book to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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