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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. Who helps Charlie on the surface to retrieve the black boxes from Nautilus' pincers?

2. What are agonic lines?

3. For what does Houston chastise Jack?

4. What does the acronym O.E.S. stand for?

5. What does George realize when Lisa questions the time lapses Jack experienced?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so important that it is worth risking arrest for Karen and Miyuki?

2. What celebration rapidly becomes a nightmare?

3. What discovery does Miyuki make that is impossible to explain although she can reproduce it?

4. What is the issue surrounding the shuttle accident with which Jack still can't live?

5. What do the men who accosted Karen and Miyuki at the pyramid site do and what do they say when they are caught?

6. Why are Lisa and Charlie so concerned about Jack?

7. Why does Karen refuse to return to the University after having seen the pyramids?

8. What announcement does Mark Houston make on the USS Gibraltar and how does that affect Jack and the crew of the Fathom?

9. What does Vice President Rafe want David to do at the Air Force One crash site?

10. What does David suggest Admiral Houston do when the Navy's submersible and divers arrive and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Karen takes a crystal from the Dragons of Okinawa. How might the outcome have changed had she not grabbed this piece on the way through the tunnel? What is so important about the crystal's properties? How would this have ultimately changed the entire sequence of events? Why is this such an integral part of this story? How does it connect her to Jack and the other crystal?

Essay Topic 2

How does Jack's trip to Okinawa change his life? In what way could it be said that Jack's life began again after a lengthy hiatus? Why had Jack been living in such an emotional vacuum? What is it about Karen that ultimately changes that for Jack? What draws her to him, and him to her? How does Gabriel play a large part in the matchmaking process although in an obscure way?

Essay Topic 3

In times of severe crisis, people can be divided into two main categories. What are they? What behaviors can be attributed to each group? Compare and contrast the two groups, citing similarities if any exist and obvious differences. How do these two groups deal with the emotional trauma associated with disaster? Is the representation of their behavior in this book consistent with reality? Should such an event occur today, would the two groups be as obvious and as quick in their responses? As a reporter, how would you document this crisis?

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