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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Pilottown, Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why had the young woman been nervous when she had boarded the boat?
(a) She had committed a crime.
(b) She was afraid of the sea.
(c) She had never been on an ocean going vessel.
(d) The ship was old and decrepit.

2. Who is 'Shakespeare'?
(a) Fawcett.
(b) The Vice President.
(c) The Senator of New Jersey.
(d) The President.

3. Why did this news so dismay the President?
(a) He thought no ship would disobey the quarantine.
(b) There was no way to keep it from the press anymore.
(c) He felt acutely the loss of people.
(d) He had heedlessly lost the lives of many Americans.

4. For whom did Oscar Lucas work?
(a) A laundromat.
(b) A local factory.
(c) Starbucks.
(d) The Secret Service.

5. What is the first thing to go wrong and is unexpected?
(a) The vice President comes on board, despite the lack of invitation.
(b) The weather is all wrong.
(c) There was someone on board whom hadn't had their background check.
(d) They didn't have time to sweep the ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours ahead of schedule had Pitt found the nerve agent?

2. Who had intruded on her privacy in her cabin?

3. How long had it been since someone had touched the objects on the sunken vessel?

4. How many times had the volcano erupted in the last century?

5. How much money did she steal from the vault on Monday?

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