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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. How much older than Kristjan is Kirsti?

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

3. Which Admiral is with Pitt when he wakes?

4. Who was in the boat that left the submarine?

5. Who is Pitt's boss?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pitt respond to Kirsti when she arrives at the restaurant?

2. What does Pitt see coming near the helicopter and what happens to the helicopter after that?

3. Who does Lt. Dover bring first to Koski and what does that person do? What is Koski's response?

4. What allayed Koski's concerns about Pitt and Hunnewell?

5. What does Sandecker order Pitt and how does he respond?

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

7. What does Sandecker tell Pitt about the Lax and what was on it?

8. Who shows up at the doctor's house where Pitt has been taken and what happens to them?

9. What does Pitt do while Hunnewell probes the iceberg for the ship?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pitt goes to the general transient aviation hanger, and locates the mechanic who scratched his initials into the hydraulic pump Pitt found. The mechanic tells Pitt about a couple men who contracted with him to do some work and would not sign off on the job. Cashman found a way to cover himself by making out a report and he was able to record the call numbers for the jet.

1. Amazing coincidence, isn't it? Narrative contrivance is the term used when barely plausible events occur in order to advance the plot. Explain why, with examples, this situation with the black jet could be a narrative contrivance.

2. The mechanic certainly sounds like he's on the ball. What do you think, in real life the chances are that most mechanics would do what Cashman did? Explain your answer.

3. Why do you think a mechanic would give Pitt the information he gave him? Explain your answer using text from the book to support it.

Essay Topic 2

Pitt arrives at the party, which is held at Rondheim's huge mansion. Pitt is dressed in red velvet and continues his masquerade as a homosexual.

1. Do you think all homosexuals dress a certain way? What kind of thinking is this? Does Pitt dressing this way imply that if you see a man in cowboy boots and blue jeans he must be heterosexual? Why or why not?

2. Discuss what other kinds of other stereotypes and labels you see in this book.

3. Discuss, with examples why you believe people label others and group certain individuals together as if they were not separate from the group. Explain why the idea of lumping people into groups is dangerous to society as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

This novel is an adventure/suspense novel. Discuss one of the following:

1. Why are these types of novels popular?

2. What can a reader learn from this type of novel especially about how to deal with difficult situations?

3. Discuss how this adventure/suspense novel, written in the 1970's differs from those written in the 21st. century.

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