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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 did the President say in regard to Congress?

2. What is going to be said to the U.S. government in regard to Loren?

3. How many dead bodies were on board the Eagle?

4. What was in Loren's room awaiting her?

5. What does Suvoyov tell Larimer he is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Pitt order the four people into the shower?

2. What was it that alerted the Bougainvilles to Pitt's presence so close?

3. What alerts Mangyai to the imminent Russian plot?

4. How did Pitt determine the boat and who was on board?

5. What are the two options for the Bougainville shipping company in regard to Vice President Margolin?

6. What insults were used in regard to the President of the U.S. from Moran, and what does this say about his character?

7. What happened to Oskar Belkaya?

8. Why did the Russians monitor people who were working closely for them in America?

9. Why was it of special dismay to Lugovoy that his deadline was moved up?

10. What was Suvoyov insinuating when he mentioned to Loren that they could 'negotiate' her return to Moscow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Compare yourself to any character in this novel. Who do you mostly resemble physically? Psychologically? If you don't closely resemble someone in these two aspects, who do you most identify with and why? Do you think that these characters are designed to be easily identified with? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the plot of the novel. Could it have been improved and how or why not? What specific elements did you like or dislike, and why?

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