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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. Which post is missing a man?

2. How many times had the volcano erupted in the last century?

3. What depressed Oscar Lucas?

4. How much was the car worth that the Congresswoman liked to drive?

5. What ship appeared to be the San Marino, but had a different name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why would the young woman have not been watched in the vault?

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

5. How was Dover wrong in one respect, but correct in another?

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

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

8. How is Dirk Pitt described?

9. What makes Oscar Lucas so nervous?

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 Loren Smith and Julie Mendoza. What do you think attracted Pitt to Julie? How do you think Loren would have reacted to Pitt's affair with Julie? Due to this influence, how did it become necessary to kill her off, yet create enough influence in Dirk's life to keep him chasing an answer?

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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