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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 many hours does the President of the United States give Jordan's team to find and destroy Suma's control center?

2. As Kamatori prepares to depart with his next victim, who winks at the next victim as an assurance?

3. What does Pitt lock Giordino into in order to prevent Giordino from accompanying Pitt on their mission?

4. What cover disguise is the kamikaze using to gain access to the nuclear bomb car?

5. Whose head is among those mounted on Kamatori's study wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kamatori believe his mission to eliminate Pitt and Giordino's failed?

2. What is Admiral Sandecker's plan for blowing up the nuclear device on Dennings' Demons?

3. Why does Tsuboi decide to manually detonate at least one of the nuclear bomb cars?

4. With Suma's capture by the Americans, why is the Kaiten Project now set back by several weeks?

5. Why does Pitt refuse to let Giordino accompany him into Big Ben and to the ocean floor?

6. Why is Kamatori pleased that Pitt and Giordino have been given to Kamatori as a gift from Suma?

7. How was Pitt able to put the robotic dogs out of commission?

8. After Dirk Pitt's obituary appears in the newspaper, Giordino and Sandecker are at Pitt's hangar. Why are the two men saddened?

9. How do Pitt and Giordino safely traverse the booby-trapped tunnel?

10. On Ajima Island, why is Kamatori being berated by Suma?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Al Giordino has accompanied Dirk Pitt on mission after dangerous mission throughout the course of the story. However, as the final mission looms, Dirk Pitt refuses to let Giordino accompany him. Why does Pitt refuse to let Giordino accompany him? What makes this mission different from their other missions? Do you agree with Pitt's decision? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast how the character of Dirk Pitt changes as the story progresses. Be sure to include your assessment of Pitt's character when he is first introduced in the story, after Loren has been abducted, when Pitt is captured on Ajima Island, and when Pitt sets out on his final mission. Use examples from the story to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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