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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 was the consistency of the debris covering the Pilottown?

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

3. Who was the only casualty?

4. How potent is this compound?

5. What ship is nicknamed the Magic Ship?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the President have domestic enemies?

3. Why can't the Russian government deduce how Min Koryo pulled off the abduction of the President?

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

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

6. What is Margolin's final argument regarding the proposal of the President?

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

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

9. What was interesting to note about the fog?

10. Why did Lugovoy tremble inwardly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Secret Service agents with the detail of protecting the President. In what way was the President's abduction poor planning and execution on behalf of the Secret Service?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the influence of Dirk's friends throughout the novel. How might he have been stonewalled several times if not for their timely information and skills? Explain how the plot would have been affected if Dirk wouldn't have had such knowledgeable people backing him and looking things up for him.

Essay Topic 3

If Pitt had a pet animal, real or fantastic, what kind of animal would it be and why? How is this animal suited to his personality? How would this animal affect the development of a plot?

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