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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 wanted the cup of coffee?

2. Why had the young woman been nervous when she had boarded the boat?

3. Where had Pitt last run into the Catawba?

4. Why did this news so dismay the President?

5. What two emotions lay dormant in the woman?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why wasn't Mendoza with Pitt and his crew as they discovered the Pilottown?

4. Where else was Lee mentioned?

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

6. How does the President have domestic enemies?

7. Describe the President.

8. How is Dirk Pitt described?

9. Describe Madame Bougainville.

10. What is Margolin's final argument regarding the proposal of the President?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the influence of Al Giordino and Admiral Sandecker. How do they come through for Dirk? How has Dirk come through for them? Describe their relationship with Dirk, and how it affects the development of the plot.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the characters of Lee Tong and Alan Moran. How are they created to be the least likable character, and what traits make them such? Are these traits present in every detestable character? Explain your answer.

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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