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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 name of the ship that rescued Loren?

2. Who was Zelda?

3. Who was the first to react to Pitt's suggestion?

4. What preservation factor worked in the government's favor?

5. How long does the original group of Congressmen have to produce Vince Margolin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hemlock the most well known for? How was the Hemlock administered to the victims?

2. How did it become obvious that Suvorov was acting under what he thought was the best interests of the Soviet government?

3. What kinds of crimes were the Bougainvilles attached to?

4. What is the joke circling around Europe and why is it circulating?

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

6. What happened to Oskar Belkaya?

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

8. What major things does Dirk learn in Chapter 37?

9. What situations hint to the true nature of the steward that is mentioned several times between chapters fifty three and fifty eight?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the heist in the beginning of the novel. How is this kind of heist impossible in today's day and age? What kinds of security measures are in place to prevent such things happening? Explain whether or not you think Arta would have gotten away with her crime, and how she might have gone about it.

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

Compare Dirk Pitt to the author, Clive Cussler. What do they have in common, and how are they different? Do you think Dirk Pitt is a projection of who the author wishes he could be? Why or why not?

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