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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. What was Pitt's reaction to this death?

2. What is the name of the vessel boarded in the prelude?

3. Where does the President think Russia will invade?

4. Did Mendoza agree to Pitt's date?

5. How long does Lugovoy have to finish his project?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pitt describe looking for a shipwreck?

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

3. What was interesting to note about the fog?

4. Describe Madame Bougainville.

5. What did the President want to discuss with the people on board the Eagle?

6. Why were the microphones near the agents' wrists?

7. What was strange about the condition of the Pilottown?

8. How is Dirk Pitt described?

9. Why did Lugovoy tremble inwardly?

10. Why should Polevoi have joined the Foreign Ministry instead of the Secret Police?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the ecological fallout that isn't discussed regarding nerve agent S. What kinds of things were avoided being talked about regarding the spill? How would a cleanup of the chemical been next to impossible, and how would the loss of marine life have changed the coast of Alaska and British Columbia forever?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Dirk Pitt to the author, Clive Cussler. What do they have in common, and how are they different? Do you think Dirk Pitt is a projection of who the author wishes he could be? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Secret Service agents with the detail of protecting the President. In what way was the President's abduction poor planning and execution on behalf of the Secret Service?

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