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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What car does Dirk buy at the car auction?
(a) 1939 540K Mercedes-Benz.
(b) 1946 Ford Coupe.
(c) 1955 Cadillac DeVille.
(d) 1950 British-built Jensen.

2. How many men will Shaw need to hamper the American's dive at the wreck of the Empress?
(a) 5 men.
(b) 12 men.
(c) 3 men.
(d) 4 men.

3. Who does Dirk want Sandecker to call in to get maps from railroad archives?
(a) The President.
(b) Mercier.
(c) Heidi.
(d) Shaw.

4. Heidi takes a plane out of Quebec. Who does she talk to on the plane?
(a) Dirk Pitt.
(b) Rudy Gunn.
(c) Al Giordino.
(d) Brian Shaw.

5. What does Dirk ask the helicopter pilot, who brings Heidi to the wreck site, to bring on his next run?
(a) Bourbon.
(b) Hand guns.
(c) Oysters.
(d) A case of peanut butter.

6. What does Dirk want to borrow from Magee?
(a) The locomotive headlamp.
(b) A handcar.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) A vehicle.

7. To whom does the author compare Premier Jules Guerrier's appearance?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Moses.
(d) Norman Rockwell.

8. What type of cigars does Sandecker smoke?
(a) Cigars from the Dominican Republic.
(b) Cigars from Honduras.
(c) Cigars from Nicaragua.
(d) Cigars from Cuba.

9. When must the President have a copy of the treaty?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Thursday.

10. Where does Danielle buy her clothes?
(a) Ottawa.
(b) Montreal.
(c) Quebec.
(d) Charlottetown.

11. The Americans see something drop off a barge after the successful burn on the Empress. What went overboard?
(a) Trash.
(b) Scrap metal.
(c) Gly.
(d) Shaw.

12. Where does Dirk meet Joe Epstein to discuss some research that Epstein did for Dirk?
(a) Epstein's office.
(b) Shooting range.
(c) Car auction.
(d) Dulles Airport.

13. What type of car is Dirk driving from the Washington airport?
(a) 1961 Austin Healey 3000.
(b) 1966 AC Ford Cobra.
(c) 1958 Cadillac convertible.
(d) 1948 Packard convertible.

14. What is Gly's price for not turning incriminating photographs over to the press?
(a) $100 million.
(b) $50 million.
(c) $30 million.
(d) $25 million.

15. What explosive is Dirk's crew using for a controlled explosion on the Empress?
(a) Pyroxone.
(b) Cyclotol.
(c) HBX.
(d) H-6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the United States to get as part of the North American Treaty?

2. Where is Dirk heading after leaving the site of the Empress of Ireland?

3. Where does Brian Shaw meet Heidi?

4. What does Gly go back for after killing Guerrier?

5. What American vessel is anchored over the wreck of the Empress of Ireland?

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