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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. Where does Danielle stay when she travels to buy clothes?

2. Who does Guerrier's bodyguard swear is the last person to see the Premier?

3. How does Gly kill Danielle and Villon?

4. Who does Dirk want Sandecker to call in to get maps from railroad archives?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What message does Shaw want Heidi to pass on to Alan Mercier?

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

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

5. What proof does Shaw have that indicates the Americans are looking for the North American Treaty?

6. What do Chase and Giordino hear while working at the Manhattan Limited site?

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

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

9. How is Shields' case found?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several characters in the novel perform their duties at great personal risk or hardship. Discuss who these characters are and how they perform their duties in spite of the difficulties or challenges that work to keep them from doing their duty.

Essay Topic 2

The author inserts a bit of himself and his family into every book he writes. Explain the different references that Cussler has inserted into the novel and how they refer to Cussler, his work, his maritime organization, or his family.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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