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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 is 'Shakespeare'?

2. Who had wanted the cup of coffee?

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

4. Who was the only casualty?

5. What was the first sign of the disease?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Oscar Lucas so nervous?

2. What was strange and different regarding the Catawba's boarding of the Amie Marie?

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

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

5. Describe Madame Bougainville.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Pitt's loss of his Talbot-Lago from a psychological level. What does his answer to the cocktail waitress describe about his personality? How does he view his vehicles?

Essay Topic 2

If Pitt had a pet animal, real or fantastic, what kind of animal would it be and why? How is this animal suited to his personality? How would this animal affect the development of a plot?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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