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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 gives away the identity of the President's double?

2. What is put into the left and right carotid arteries?

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

4. What sense is missing in dreams?

5. What did Pitt ask the laundry girl for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Admiral Sandecker know that Pitt had been on board the Eagle?

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

7. What happened to Oskar Belkaya?

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

9. How did Moran nurture a carefully controlled public image?

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

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

Explain the advanced school of thought regarding the biotechnology that is used in this book. Is it realistic technology, or purely a product of fiction? What kinds of things have come to light in the increased knowledge of bio tech that has lead you to your conclusion?

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