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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of boat are they directed to at the dock?
(a) A modern craft.
(b) An inflatable raft.
(c) A derelict.
(d) A dinghy.

3. What is obvious when they find the ship in the iceberg?
(a) It is not a Russian spy ship.
(b) Only about three crew members died.
(c) The crew all left before the ship sunk.
(d) A fire killed everyone aboard instantly.

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

5. In the opening of Chapter Five where are Pitt and Hunnewell flying?
(a) Paris.
(b) Reykjavik.
(c) The North Pole.
(d) Washington.

6. Who did Sandecker send Pitt to find?
(a) The captain of the ship.
(b) Kirsti Fyrie.
(c) A Russian spy the ship was bringing to the U.S.
(d) Kristjan Fyrie.

7. What does Pitt decide to do after he meets Rondheim?
(a) Takes Kirsti away from him.
(b) Pretends he's a homosexual.
(c) Pretends he is married.
(d) Picks a fight with him.

8. What happens when the men in the boat confront Pitt and Hunnewell?
(a) Pitt and Hunnewell are questioned.
(b) Hunnewell turns Pitt over to them.
(c) Pitt shoots one of them.
(d) There is no confrontation.

9. What is the Coast Guard plane doing at the beginning of this novel?
(a) It's on standard iceberg patrol.
(b) Looking for survivors of a ship wreck.
(c) Tracking drug runners.
(d) Trying to find the north pole.

10. What was Kirsti doing before Kristjan died?
(a) She was a college professor.
(b) She was a missionary.
(c) She worked in national intelligence.
(d) She was a homemaker.

11. Why is it difficult for the helicopter to land on Koski's cutter?
(a) The wind is very strong.
(b) It's a very small deck.
(c) There's a severe storm.
(d) The deck is icy.

12. What do Pitt and Hunnewell find on the surface of the iceberg?
(a) A small camp with tents.
(b) An ice tunnel.
(c) A machine gun.
(d) Two seal cubs.

13. Why does Pitt surface after finally finding the jet?
(a) There are too many sharks.
(b) He needs more weight on his weight belt.
(c) His tank has run out of air.
(d) The water is very cold.

14. What leads Sandecker to believe they have been spotted?
(a) Another boat passed close by.
(b) Lights flashing Morse code.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A flash of binoculars.

15. How do Pitt and his boss feel about his immediate plans?
(a) They must be kept top secret.
(b) They will take about a week to implement.
(c) Ready to go.
(d) Unsure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pitt smell when they land on another iceberg?

2. The morning after Pitt arrives on the cutter where does Dover take him and Hunnewell?

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

4. What could the sea probe Fyrie's company discovered do?

5. What happens right after Pitt returns to the water for the second time?

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