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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. How do Shaw's reinforcements arrive?
(a) In Jeeps.
(b) On foot.
(c) By parachute.
(d) By helicopter.

2. Where does Dirk get the gun to shoot Shaw?
(a) From Massey.
(b) He took a weapon from one of the army guards.
(c) He grabbed Shaw's weapon.
(d) He brought one with him.

3. What top secret program does the President want Mercier and Klein to coordinate with the State Department and Central Intelligence?
(a) Make certain Quebec becomes an independent nation.
(b) Protect Prime Minister Sarveux.
(c) Make certain that Quebec does not become an independent nation
(d) Find the North American Treaty.

4. How many people die after the explosion that Gly sets off?
(a) 12.
(b) 2.
(c) 20.
(d) 8.

5. What is the speed of the current in the Hudson River where divers are looking for the Manhattan Limited?
(a) 1 knot.
(b) 3 knots.
(c) 4 knots.
(d) 2 knots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person that Shaw sees after his fight with Gly?

2. Where does Dirk meet Joe Epstein to discuss some research that Epstein did for Dirk?

3. What research boat is Giordino using for the expedition to search for the Manhattan Limited?

4. Where does the President meet with Mercier and Klein after learning about the North American Treaty?

5. What does Pitt use to examine the aerial photographs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What Sarveux comes home from the hospital, what does he tell Villon?

2. Describe how the Empress of Ireland sank.

3. How does Dirk believe that Harding and Meechum were fooled the night that the Manhattan Limited disappeared?

4. How does Gly escape death when the hydroplane rams into a Japanese cargo ship?

5. What four things does Dirk tell Moon he has to have if he is going to look for the North American Treaty?

6. What damage is done by the explosives that Gly sets off on the Empress?

7. What information does Joe Epstein, a columnist for the Baltimore Sun, research for Dirk?

8. What was Massey's plan to get the gold shipment, and what was the outcome?

9. What does Dirk instruct the divers to do when he notices an extra man working on the wreck?

10. How do the Americans identify one of the divers who kidnapped the RSV?

(see the answer keys)

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