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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 had intruded on her privacy in her cabin?

2. Do the Russians intend to pay Min Koryo?

3. Where had Pitt last run into the Catawba?

4. Who else went missing with the President?

5. Which post is missing a man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't the Russian government deduce how Min Koryo pulled off the abduction of the President?

2. Describe Madame Bougainville.

3. What are the two ways to scuttle a ship and collect insurance, and which was likely employed?

4. How is Dirk Pitt described?

5. What do Min Koryo and Lee Tong deduce about Dirk's plot?

6. What was interesting to note about the fog?

7. Why does Oscar Lucas have such sway in regard to the President?

8. How did the young woman pull off the heist?

9. Why did Lugovoy tremble inwardly?

10. What does the President say in regard to Dirk Pitt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Alan Moran's duplicity between who he is in the public eye, and who he is behind closed doors. Suggest reasons for this dual personality. Speculate on the necessity of this behavior.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the setting of the sinking of the Leonid Andreyev made it ideal to not bend the reality of the situation to the breaking point. How did the setting contribute to the rescue of the survivors? How did it also provide a good backdrop for Pitt to be a hero?

Essay Topic 3

Explain why Alan Moran didn't tell the truth about where he and Larimer had been, and how they got there? How might have the public reacted to this statement? Could it have affected his place in office? How or why not?

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