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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. Where is Pitt when he wakes up the morning after he crashes?

2. What does Koski do about Hunnewell's request?

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

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

5. What does Pitt say is located at coordinates given to Koski?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pitt do off the boat? What does Sandecker see? What does Pitt discover?

2. What does Pitt do when Rondheim joins them and how does Rondheim respond?

3. How does Pitt feel towards Sandecker and the Admiral towards Pitt?

4. What does Sandecker tell Pitt about Kristjan's twin sister?

5. How does Hunnewell feel about Fyrie and what does he tell Pitt about the man?

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

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

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

9. What do Pitt and Hunnewell find on the embedded ship?

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

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 is a consummate ladies man with few boundaries or shame, but he holds his friendships dearer than his desire for the beautiful Tidi. Pitt's loyalty to Sandecker runs deep, and it is obvious the old man considers Pitt to be like a son to him.

1. What do you think is meant by the first sentence above? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Discuss in depth what loyalty to an individual means in terms of various relationships such as superior officer, friend, sibling, etc.

3. How do you think the fact that Sandecker considers Pitt to be like a son to him has been demonstrated in this book? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

While in the hangar, Pitt recognizes an old airplane, in excellent shape, an old Ford Tri-Motor known affectionately as the Tin Goose.

1. It was interesting the author threw in this brief account of this plane. Why could this be an example of foreshadow?

2. Here in the hanger is a plane which, because it was important enough to be noted, is probably going to come into use later in the book. Argue whether this information is a foreshadow or a narrative contrivance.

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