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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name on the ship?
(a) General Bravo
(b) Cerisan
(c) Sarah Tan
(d) Lady Flamborough

2. What threat is made to silence some of the crew?
(a) That they will torture and kill one President each guard
(b) That they will torture and kill a female crew member unless they get co-operation
(c) That they will use the crew's bodies as fish food
(d) That they will torture Hala Kamil

3. How many shots did Dirk fire at Ammar?
(a) Four
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Five

4. Where were the dignitaries from on the ship that the Lady crashed into?
(a) Argentinean and Brazilian
(b) Argentinean and Chilean
(c) Brazilian and Cuban
(d) Cuban and Croatian

5. Papyrus was made using?
(a) Animal skins
(b) Human skin
(c) Cotton fiber
(d) Plant stems

6. What was the library?
(a) A place of study
(b) All of these
(c) A place of the Muses
(d) A university of Hellenistic times

7. Why was Colonel Morton Hollis so sure of his team?
(a) He selected the best of the best, the olympic champions of the military
(b) They were a crack team
(c) Death followed failure
(d) They were a proven effective team that had accomplished every mission

8. How many days had Nichol's secretary been working overtime?
(a) Five
(b) Four
(c) Three
(d) Two

9. Who can Giordino sympathize with?
(a) Davy Crockett at the Alamo
(b) A king when his castle is under siege
(c) King Edward at the Second at the Battle of Belfast
(d) David Locket at the Alamo

10. Who did the crew of the Lady Flamborough think was about to come aboard and inspect the ship?
(a) Terrorists
(b) Immigration officials
(c) Customs
(d) Security personnel

11. What are the names of Topiltzin and Yazid's younger brother and sister?
(a) Kevin and Marina
(b) Karl and Marie
(c) Kasey and Michelle
(d) Karl and Maria

12. Where was the Lady Flamborough headed?
(a) To the Antarctic
(b) To the Caribbean
(c) To Bermuda
(d) To Africa

13. Who was responsible for "the Art of Grammar"?
(a) Aristophanes
(b) Dionysius
(c) Euclid
(d) Pliny

14. What are Topiltzin and Yazid's real names?
(a) Paul and Robert respectively
(b) Paul and Richard respectively
(c) Robert and Peter respectively
(d) Robert and Paul respectively

15. How much money does Pitt owe Giordino?
(a) Seventy dollars
(b) Twenty dollars
(c) Fifty dollars
(d) Forty dollars

Short Answer Questions

1. What drink does Parker ask for?

2. What was Hala's first concern for?

3. What country's flag was flown on the Lady Flamborough?

4. How many days does Schiller have to come up with a precise location of the treasures of Alexandria?

5. Which artist does Pitt create a comparison for when he suggests how the Lady disappeared for the second time?

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