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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 does Hunnewell do while they are walking on the iceberg?
(a) Throw up from being sea sick.
(b) Drill a hole in the ice and place a charge.
(c) Slips and almost falls.
(d) Takes a number of photographs.

2. What is one of the mysteries Pitt wants to solve?
(a) Where the probe is now.
(b) Who killed Kristjan.
(c) Where Hunnewell got his information.
(d) How the burned ship was put in the iceberg.

3. What kind of markings does Pitt find on the jet?
(a) Two eagles painted on the top side.
(b) A call sign and the flag of Iceland.
(c) A call sign and a woman's name painted on the wing.
(d) None.

4. What did Hunnewell say was one of the big changes in Fyrie's life?
(a) He went from rich to poor.
(b) He moved from Iceland to New York.
(c) His wife died very young.
(d) He went from poor to rich.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Koski tell his Executive Officer?

2. Why is Pitt on this mission?

3. When does Pitt see a Russian submarine?

4. In the opening of Chapter Five where are Pitt and Hunnewell flying?

5. What kind of boat are they directed to at the dock?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Koski tell his subordinate to do about the new people on his ship? Why is Koski puzzled?

2. What do Pitt and Hunnewell do when they depart the first iceberg? What does Pitt think when they land?

3. Where is Pitt when he awakens after leaving the doctor's village?

4. What do Pitt and those with him find when they get on a boat?

5. What favor does Pitt ask of Rondheim and how does he respond?

6. What do Pitt and Hunnewell do when the cutter gets close to the iceberg?

7. What had Fyrie's company invented and what did he plan to do with it?

8. Describe the scene between Pitt and the boat chasing him.

9. At the beginning of Chapter 9 where is Pitt going, how is he dressed and who is with him?

10. Who is Lee Koski and what is he watching on his deck during a storm?

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