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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kate is wary about reporting which of the following to her boss?
(a) Sexual harrassment.
(b) Insubordination.
(c) Threatening emails.
(d) Tail.

2. What is the surname of the fisherman in the beginning of the book?
(a) Mendelssohn.
(b) Hege.
(c) Oskarsson.
(d) Jorgensen.

3. Who is excluded from the investigation on order of the Director?
(a) Rawls.
(b) Petrie.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Rule.

4. Rule works for which United States government agency?
(a) FBI.
(b) DEA.
(c) NSA.
(d) CIA.

5. What is the name of Kate's young son?
(a) John.
(b) Billy.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Helder return to Malibu?

2. What agrees to meet with Rule?

3. Helder finally learns some details regarding the mission. How many people will take the submarine into the ocean?

4. Emilio Appicella is best known for being a:

5. Who is the Soviet Officer of the Directorate of Intelligence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Helder's immediate reaction to the situation? What are Helder's expectations?

2. Discuss the conversation between Helder and Trina shortly before the mission.

3. What if the pair is captured? What are Helder's special orders regarding Sokolov?

4. In Chapter one, the story begins with a Swedish fisherman and his grandson. Explain the tragic event involving the two Swedes.

5. Rule receives a possible break regarding Appicella. What is the break?

6. What is Rule's plan to stop the surveillance on her by the unknown source?

7. Explain Rule's search for a sports car.

8. What is Rule's reaction to the man that has been following her to and from work?

9. What details of the secret mission are finally revealed to Helder?

10. Who is Katharine Rule? What is her occupation? How is she related to another member of the agency?

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