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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 two posts are supposed to keep a sharp watch on the river?

2. By whom was the young woman escorted around the deck?

3. What nationality does the Russian President mistake Min Koryo's ancestry?

4. Where does the President think Russia will invade?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was interesting to note about the fog?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the influence of Al Giordino and Admiral Sandecker. How do they come through for Dirk? How has Dirk come through for them? Describe their relationship with Dirk, and how it affects the development of the plot.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the ecological fallout that isn't discussed regarding nerve agent S. What kinds of things were avoided being talked about regarding the spill? How would a cleanup of the chemical been next to impossible, and how would the loss of marine life have changed the coast of Alaska and British Columbia forever?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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