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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 had happened to the crew of the Amie Marie?

2. For whom did Oscar Lucas work?

3. What prediction did the weather office make for that night?

4. Who went on the Amie Marie following the Lieutenant and the Ensign?

5. What is the likely storage hold of the poison?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did she feign sickness?

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

6. What makes Oscar Lucas so nervous?

7. Why does Pitt want to send out a press release regarding the Pilottown and the San Marino?

8. Describe the President.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss Alan Moran's duplicity between who he is in the public eye, and who he is behind closed doors. Suggest reasons for this dual personality. Speculate on the necessity of this behavior.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the setting of the sinking of the Leonid Andreyev made it ideal to not bend the reality of the situation to the breaking point. How did the setting contribute to the rescue of the survivors? How did it also provide a good backdrop for Pitt to be a hero?

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