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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Koski puzzled about the landing of the helicopter?
(a) What is so urgent about the situation.
(b) Why the pilot didn't radio ahead.
(c) If it's a friend of his who is a pilot.
(d) To whom the helicopter belongs.

2. What does Pitt do before the helicopter crashes?
(a) Call in for help.
(b) Shoots the jet.
(c) Makes the jet crash.
(d) Push Hunnewell out the door.

3. What does the crew see in the iceberg?
(a) An American and French flag.
(b) A burned out ship.
(c) Some frozen people.
(d) A mastodon.

4. Who visits Pitt where he is staying right after the crash?
(a) Two men.
(b) Icelandic navy personnel.
(c) Two Icelandic state troopers.
(d) Icelandic national security agents.

5. What does Pitt say is located at coordinates given to Koski?
(a) A Chinese submarine.
(b) An important iceberg.
(c) Another Coast Guard ship in distress.
(d) A Navy battleship.

6. How does Koski feel when he finds out the ship is not a Russian trawler?
(a) Confused.
(b) Excited.
(c) Angry.
(d) Indifferent.

7. What do Pitt's actions in Chapter One suggest about the man?
(a) He can be pushed around by others.
(b) He has no regard for anyone's safety.
(c) He is patient and gentle.
(d) He operates outside normal rules and regulations.

8. What does Pitt begin to suspect as Hunnewell works?
(a) Hunnewell is a Russian agent.
(b) They've been set up.
(c) They are on the wrong side of the iceberg.
(d) The radio won't work there.

9. When does Pitt see a Russian submarine?
(a) Right after taking off from the cutter.
(b) Right before landing on an iceberg.
(c) About five minutes away from the cutter.
(d) While flying to the second iceberg.

10. How is Pitt dressed when he goes to borrow one of Rondheim's boats?
(a) As a gay artist.
(b) As a fisherman.
(c) As a naval officer.
(d) As a surfer.

11. What does Pitt find in the jet?
(a) A moray eel.
(b) The bodies of the crew.
(c) Two crew members a a young boy.
(d) Two crew members wearing Icelandic navy uniforms.

12. What does Pitt take from the men?
(a) Their weapons.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Their clothes.
(d) Their wallets.

13. What does Hunnewell give Koski when he sees him?
(a) A piece of paper.
(b) A sealed envelope.
(c) A small, locked metal box.
(d) A cassette tape.

14. What was the first iceberg Pitt found to be lacking?
(a) An American base.
(b) A Chinese submarine.
(c) Red dye.
(d) An American flag.

15. How does Rondheim feel about Pitt when they meet?
(a) He thinks Pitt is too intense.
(b) He dislikes him immediately.
(c) He thinks he's interesting.
(d) He thinks he's funny.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the crew mark the position of the iceberg?

2. What does Tidi do when Pitt goes in the water?

3. What does Hunnewell do while they are walking on the iceberg?

4. What woman is with Pitt when he wakes in Chapter Seven?

5. Why is it difficult for the helicopter to land on Koski's cutter?

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