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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 ship is nicknamed the Magic Ship?

2. Where does the President think Russia will invade?

3. Which car did Sandecker linger by?

4. By whom was the young woman escorted around the deck?

5. Where had Pitt last run into the Catawba?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did she feign sickness?

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

3. What was Larimer's position on western Europe?

4. What did the woman's thrill come from after she had looked at the money again?

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

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

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

8. How does the government plan to keep the President's disappearance a secret?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Dirk and Loren's relationship. Why do you think he went after her so many times, and yet was still asking Ms. Mendoza out for dinner? What kind of relationship do Dirk and Loren have? What adds friction to this relationship, and what do you think brings them closer together?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the plot of the novel. Could it have been improved and how or why not? What specific elements did you like or dislike, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the influence of Dirk's friends throughout the novel. How might he have been stonewalled several times if not for their timely information and skills? Explain how the plot would have been affected if Dirk wouldn't have had such knowledgeable people backing him and looking things up for him.

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