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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. In what hotel does Heidi stay in Washington, D.C.?

2. What does the person who stops Sandecker when he is out jogging want information about?

3. What time does a ship sink on the St. Lawrence River?

4. What can Shields see from where he is at the beginning of the book?

5. What does Sandecker do when he is jogging?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shields want the man with the dead daughter to do for him?

2. What does Admiral Sandecker look like?

3. What does Quebec Hydro want if they sell electricity to the United States?

4. What does John Essex do after Heidi Milligan leaves?

5. What is the weather like as Sam Harding waits for the Manhattan Limited?

6. Why is Villon so upset about the bungled attempt to kill the Prime Minister by shooting down his plane?

7. How do the Royal Canadian Mounted Police save Sarveux's life?

8. Describe the Doodlebug.

9. What does the Doodlebug find?

10. Describe the Pullman car that Essex is traveling in.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Cussler uses imagery to make each scene come alive in the novel. What senses does Cussler usually appeal to?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of suspense in the novel and explain how suspense advances the plot.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what a night probe is and explain why the term is a good title for the novel.

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