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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. As the three MAIT members enter Suma's control room, who steps out of the shadows and captures the MAIT members?

2. Which of Suma's prisoners is the first to be hunted by Kamatori?

3. In what state is the nuclear bomb that the Japanese plan to detonate located?

4. How does Tsuboi plan to manually detonate one of the nuclear bomb cars?

5. After Kamatori returns to the house to select his next victim, who volunteers to be next?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Tsuboi orders the helicopter shot down, what unpleasant conclusion do Jordan and Kern reach about Suma?

2. What are Raymond Jordan's intentions concerning Hideki Suma?

3. Why are Suma's technicians not alarmed when they find a decommissioned robot?

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

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

6. What role is planned for Pitt and Giordino as the MAIT team members get ready to destroy Suma's control center?

7. What is the central concept driving Suma's plan to wreak havoc in the world and allow Japan to assume control?

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

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

10. What was the tensest moment of Pitt's mission to put the nuclear bomb into place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pitt and Giordino can be seen as kindred spirits. Although they are not quite the same, they share a number of similarities. Identify and describe these similarities. Based on your discussion of their similarities, identify the ways these two men's similarities facilitate their understanding of each other and deepens their relationship.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characteristics, roles, loyalties, and agendas of the following people in the story: Hideki Suma, Raymond Jordan, Dirk Pitt, Stacy Fox, and Ichiro Tsuboi.

Essay Topic 3

Hideki Suma is a supremely confident man. Identify at least three instances from the story that highlight his confidence. How is Suma helped by his utter confidence? How is Suma hurt by his confidence? Provide examples of each.

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