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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. Approximately how many heads does Kamatori have mounted on the wall in his study?

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

3. How long does Tsuboi give the President to announce to the American people that the President has given into Tsuboi's demands?

4. On what day does Dirk Pitt's obituary appear in the newspaper?

5. What does Suma tell Loren as Suma escorts Smith and Diaz to the waiting helicopter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. While the President is waiting to see if Pitt's mission is successful, Tsuboi contacts the President. What are Tsuboi's demands?

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

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

6. Why do the robots not attack the three MAIT members when they enter Suma's control room?

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

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

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

10. After the MAIT members are captured on Suma's island, what does Suma share with his captives as they all dine together?

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

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 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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