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

2. Who aboard the Dennings' Demon is killed by the attacking patrol plane?

3. How many passengers aboard the Invincible survive the explosion's shock wave?

4. How much time elapses between the explosion and the sinking of the Narvik?

5. When first spotted, about how far below the ocean's surface are Pitt and Plunkett?

Short Essay Questions

1. What additional steps must the ground crew take in order to load the nuclear bomb onto the Dennings' Demons?

2. What is Edo City?

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

4. What is the Yasukuni shrine?

5. What does an entry in the abandoned ship's log alert the boarding party to?

6. What fleeting thought does Dennings have as he watches the nuclear bomb being loaded onto his aircraft?

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

8. Why does Steen not want the Captain to send another boarding party to the Divine Star?

9. Why does the crew of the ship that happens upon the drifting vessel send a boarding party over to the apparently abandoned ship?

10. Name three things that Tsuboi wants to see happen.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the main themes is this novel involves deceptive appearances.

a) Identify three characters that use deceptive appearances to further their interests.

b) Why do these characters rely on deception?

c) What is the outcome for these characters? Were they successful in their endeavors? Would they have been more successful if they had not been deceptive? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Dirk Pitt and Craig Plunkett.

a) How are the two characters similar in terms of their professional lives? How are they different?

b) How are the two characters similar in their personality characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses? How are they different?

c) Looking forward, how might being trapped on Old Gert have affected each of these men as they moved forward with their lives? Would they be similarly affected or not?

Explain your answers and your reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Raymond Jordan and Hideki Suma.

a) How are the two characters similar? How are they different?

b) Compare the role that justice plays in each of their lives. How is each character affected by the concept of fairness - both positively and negatively?

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