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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Nita's father learn about Pyce?
(a) He sold secrets to another corporation.
(b) He was not who he said he was.
(c) He beats his wife regularly.
(d) He was mismanaging funds from the business.

2. What does Richard beg Nailer to do?
(a) Tell Richard Nailer loves him.
(b) Set Richard free.
(c) Forget all the bad times.
(d) Nothing.

3. What does Nailer feel for Richard?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Vengeful.
(c) Just pure rage.
(d) Conflicting emotions.

4. What motivates Richard in his onslaught against Nailer?
(a) He is enraged at what he sees as Nailer's good life.
(b) He is drunk on gin.
(c) He thinks Nailer made him look like a fool.
(d) He is high on crystal.

5. What threatens to take over the buildings in the area?
(a) Looters.
(b) Wild animals.
(c) Vegetation.
(d) Squatters.

6. How does Richard seem when he arrives and notices Nailer is awake?
(a) Unhappy.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Puzzled.
(d) Genuinely pleased.

7. What do the travelers realize when they check their pockets?
(a) They have no identification.
(b) They have enough money to get them across the lake.
(c) They are full of muck and debris.
(d) They have very little money.

8. What does Captain Candless do after hearing Nailer's story?
(a) Gathers a crew to go get Nita.
(b) Throws Nailer overboard.
(c) Throws Nailer in the brig.
(d) Tells Nailer to go bring Nita to the ship.

9. Which ship has Nita seen?
(a) The Monitor.
(b) The Dauntless.
(c) The Iron Mountain.
(d) The Constitution.

10. Why do Nailer and Nita grow closer?
(a) Nital hopes Nailer will not get tired of looking out for her.
(b) Nailer hopes to make sure Nita does not desert him.
(c) Nailer respects Nita's hard work.
(d) Nita respects Nailer's loyalty.

11. What does Nailer see across the lake one day?
(a) Sadna wading towards the docks.
(b) A fight among a group of half-men.
(c) Richard wading towards the docks.
(d) A small motorboard coming across the lake.

12. What weapon does Nailer have left?
(a) None.
(b) A billy club.
(c) A machete he took from Blue Eyes.
(d) His short fighting knife.

13. Which boats in the harbor belong to Nita's father's fleet?
(a) None of them.
(b) Several of them.
(c) Almost all were originally her father's.
(d) One.

14. What does the crew of the Dauntless do when the Pole Star gets snagged on some rocks?
(a) Takes the small boats over and boards it.
(b) Waits to see if the captain surrenders.
(c) Starts shooting with their laser cannons.
(d) Demands the release of Nita and then they will be rescued.

15. What makes the interior of the ship so eerie as Nailer is running through it?
(a) The silence.
(b) The cries of those who are trapped below the water line.
(c) The red emergency LED lights.
(d) The sounds of men and women running but Nailer not seeing anyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they have to move quickly?

2. What does Nailer do as he leaps off the ship's mechanism?

3. What does Nailer realize will happen if the Pole Star sinks?

4. Why does Richard's gang not tie up Nailer?

5. Where does Nailer encounter Richard Lopez?

(see the answer keys)

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