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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the number chosen by Ambrose?
(a) 8.
(b) 48.
(c) 52.
(d) 63.
2. How do the cops react when they see Blaze with Simon Cooke?
(a) Surprised and disgusted.
(b) They laugh.
(c) They do not care.
(d) They become angry.
3. What is the importance of the green flash across the horizon at sunset?
(a) It is a sign of air pollution.
(b) It is a bad omen.
(c) It is a Native American symbol for good luck.
(d) It considered a good luck charm according to Scottish legend.
4. What does Blaze tell Simon she will get out of this deal?
(a) A great deal of money.
(b) The satisfaction that the Kiwi yacht is destroyed.
(c) A win for the Americans.
(d) A great idea for a best-seller.
5. Who answers the door at the Saturday-evening cocktail party that Ambrose attends?
(a) The head of the Kiwi's regatta.
(b) Blaze.
(c) Madge Stoker.
(d) Bill Koch.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Letch respond when Dawn offers to give them someone else instead of her pimp?
2. What significant event mentioned in the novel shares this same date but 53 years prior?
3. How does Blaze try to take away Simon’s uncertainty about wrecking the Kiwi’s fastest boat?
4. When Blaze receives a page from Ambrose, what excuse does she give the sailors?
5. Why does Fortney decline having lunch in Coronado?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do the Harbor Unit cops not like lifeguards?
2. What does Blaze Duvall think of Serenity Jones?
3. What takes place at the Saturday-evening cocktail party that Ambrose attends?
4. Who is number 63?
5. What is Fortney’s greatest fear?
6. What makes wrecking the Kiwi boat difficult?
7. Why is New Zealand expected to win it all?
8. What two real events let the reader know the time period of the story?
9. How does the thought of losing the Cup feel to the Keeper of the Cup?
10. What are Dawn’s future plans?
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