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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. What car does Dirk buy at the car auction?

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

3. Who drives Dirk's car to the airport?

4. How many squads of marines are sent to work with Sandecker?

5. Where does Heidi think the Manhattan Limited might be?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was the research boat, the De Soto, damaged?

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

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

5. Who does the President send to help Dirk and his crew?

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

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

8. What are the conditions that Sarveux sets for an independent Quebec?

9. What is odd about the train wreck of the Manhattan Limited?

10. Describe how the Empress of Ireland sank.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the letter that Heidi found was the inciting force in the novel. Show how it affected other events in the book and how it created some events that happened in the book.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 5, the Royal Mounties work as a team to get the Prime Minister out of the damaged plane. Provide other examples of teamwork in the novel, and compare how different groups of characters work together to accomplish a goal or solve a problem.

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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