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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. Who calls Pitt at home and declares his confidence that the nuclear bombs will be found within a month?

2. What was the conclusion made at the end of the Presidential briefing regarding the explosion in the Western Pacific?

3. How many ships like the Divine Star are headed to the United States?

4. How much time elapses between the explosion and the destruction of the Invincible?

5. Who does Pitt realize is a covert operative spying on Soggy Acres while en route to Washington D.C.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the congressional subcommittee that Loren Smith serves on?

2. Why is Giordino so upset that Pitt is trapped on Old Gert?

3. Why is the pod less buoyant than expected, so it does not reach the ocean surface?

4. Why is Old Gert not completely destroyed by the explosion as the two ships on the surface were?

5. What is unique about the identity of the person Pitt races against at the track while Loren is being abducted?

6. As Chapter 7 opens, the Old Gert's crew is barely alive. Why is carbon dioxide rapidly building up?

7. Why does Craig Plunkett not simply shut off Old Gert's systems and let the crew members die as their oxygen supply dwindles down?

8. Upon hearing that the Senator has disappeared, what conclusion do Pitt, Sandecker, and Giordino reach?

9. What happens because of the nuclear explosion that forces the immediate release of the oceanographic team?

10. Within minutes of boarding the abandoned ship, what symptoms do the boarding party members begin to experience?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the political argument regarding the taxation of Japanese companies doing business on American soil from the perspective of both the Americans and the Japanese. Be sure to include whether or not you agree with the positions taken by Loren Smith and Hideki Suma.

Essay Topic 2

Roy Orita wears different masks in the story. Both a patriot and a traitor, Orita is a study in contradictions. Identify, then compare and contrast the different sides of Orita. How would his plan for helping the Japanese rise to power have been affected had he not been a successful double agent? Why is it necessary for Orita to wear different masks? Could he have been successful simply working for the Japanese government without being a double agent? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the three main desires of Hideki Suma - the reasons behind his grand scheme. For each demand, tell Suma's reasoning behind the demand, what Suma hoped to accomplish through the demand, and the likelihood of the demand actually being met by the United States.

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