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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message does the President want delivered to Hassan?
(a) That the Americans will co-operate if he would like Yazid removed
(b) That Yazid is a horrible man
(c) That he is the supported candidate by the Americans
(d) That Yazid should be executed

2. Who was the only one at the table that Ammar truly respected?
(a) Tussa Mehodin
(b) Mussa Merhodin
(c) Mussa Terodin
(d) Mussa Moheidin

3. Who rescues Kamil?
(a) Sharp
(b) All of these
(c) Pitt
(d) Giordino

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

5. What does Pitt suspect the Lady Flamborough has made herself into this time?
(a) An iceberg
(b) An ice flow
(c) A rock
(d) Waves

6. Who was Clayton Findley?
(a) One of Hollis' men
(b) A friend of Senator Pitt, and advisor to the President
(c) A geological surveyor
(d) One of the Sounder's scientists and someone who knew the island

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

8. Who arrived from Langley?
(a) Keith Farquar
(b) Keith Marquar
(c) Kevin Marquar
(d) Kerry Farquar

9. Where had the Serapis landed and taken on a ballast stone?
(a) Barnaget Bay, New Jersey
(b) Burnaby Bay, Vancouver
(c) Barnaby Bay, Maine
(d) Barnacle Bay, Newfoundland

10. Who and what ended up saving the Special Forces and the majority of the hostages?
(a) Captain Collins of the Liner, the Lady Flamborough
(b) Captain Stevens of the NUMA ship Sounder
(c) Captain Stewart of the NUMA ship Flounder
(d) Captain Stewart of the NUMA ship Sounder

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

12. What is the name of the ship that Dirk is going to take control of?
(a) Sounder
(b) Southwave
(c) Milligan
(d) Boundary

13. What kind of atmosphere would the scrolls need to remain intact?
(a) A warm and dry atmosphere
(b) A hot and dry atmosphere
(c) A cool and damp atmosphere
(d) A cool and dry atmosphere

14. How could both Yazid and Topiltzin pass for native Arab and Mexican?
(a) Their father was a Black slave
(b) Their mother slept with a black man to conceive them
(c) Their mother was descended from Black slaves
(d) They consistently wore makeup

15. Which artist does Pitt create a comparison for when he suggests how the Lady disappeared for the second time?
(a) Christo
(b) Turner
(c) Michaelangelo
(d) Da Vinci

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose ring does the Senator use to carve a hole in the window and fiberglass?

2. What two words best describe the booklet handed out to the crowd?

3. How many plans did Pitt come up with?

4. What kind of metal were the scrolls stored in?

5. What is the plan if the leaders don't turn up?

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