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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. How long does Sandecker want the President to delay evacuation?

2. How many hours ahead of schedule had Pitt found the nerve agent?

3. What is the first thing to go wrong and is unexpected?

4. What did they do to her?

5. What does 'semper paratus' mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the President have domestic enemies?

6. Where else was Lee mentioned?

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

8. What is Lee Tong's connection to Madame Bougainville?

9. Describe the President.

10. Why did she feign sickness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Dirk Pitt as a character. What kind of person is he? How does he treat women in general? What are his biggest vices? What are his greatest weaknesses? Explain how you came to these answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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