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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. Who will head up the search on the Empress of Ireland?

2. Where does Gly shoot Villon?

3. How far down is the bedrock on the Hudson River where Giordino is looking for the Manhattan Limited?

4. How long does it take Dr. Galasso to remove the oilcloth from the travel bag?

5. What top secret program does the President want Mercier and Klein to coordinate with the State Department and Central Intelligence?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Heidi want to start searching the Empress of Ireland first?

4. Why does the President need the copy of the treaty?

5. Why is Villon surprised when Gly comes up to him and Danielle when they are near the ferry dock?

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

7. Who was Clement Massey?

8. Why does the President's Chief of Staff meet Dirk at a car auction?

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

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

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

Explain how the author uses creative license with historical facts in the novel. Use examples from the novel to show how these details contribute to the plot.

Essay Topic 3

Does the author use third person limited or third person omniscient point of view? Present arguments indicating which point of view the author uses. Use examples from the novel to support your position.

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