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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 was the boiler registered as going into?

2. Where had Pitt last run into the Catawba?

3. What was the first sign of the disease?

4. Who is the acting President until the three men are found?

5. What was in the large bookkeeping ledger?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why should Polevoi have joined the Foreign Ministry instead of the Secret Police?

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

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

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

6. What is titanium used for, according to the Captain, and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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 the advanced school of thought regarding the biotechnology that is used in this book. Is it realistic technology, or purely a product of fiction? What kinds of things have come to light in the increased knowledge of bio tech that has lead you to your conclusion?

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