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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. How close can the assault team, that is being led by Kleist, get to the island of Cayo Santa Maria?

2. One of the Soviets with all of his life-support equipment would weigh 360 earth pounds. What does he weigh in lunar weight?

3. What is the cargo of the Amy Bigelow?

4. How high is the Pisto flung when the Amy Bigalow and Ozero Zaysan blow up?

5. Where is the CIA training center located in the Bahamas?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Raymond LeBaron die?

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

4. Why does the President accuse the Inner Core of murder?

5. What is the Soviet's plan to make South and Central American solid extensions of the Soviet Union?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Jessie think she sees while she is sitting at the makeshift hospital waiting to have a cup of coffee with Sandecker and Giordino?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argue whether most of the conflicts that occur in the novel are internal or external conflicts. Use examples from "Cyclops" to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Cussler uses suspense to keep the reader guessing throughout the novel "Cyclops." Explain how elements of suspense are used to advance the plot in the novel.

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