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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 is the code name of the U.S. project to hack into the mind?

2. What was the name of the ship that rescued Loren?

3. What did Pokofski refuse to do?

4. How does the Admiral get through to Pitt?

5. Where are the Soviets going to attempt to take the Congressmen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is described in Chapter 25?

2. What is Fawcett's argument against making the statement to the press?

3. What happened to Oskar Belkaya?

4. What explanation did the President offer in regards to his whereabouts?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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