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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 was Dirk Pitt's closest friend since childhood?

2. What did Nichols do, first thing after viewing the contents?

3. What did they call the Eskimo village?

4. What color was Severus' tunic?

5. Who has Yazid handed the contract killing of Kamil to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mr. Schiller take the call?

2. What things did Rivas say the President of the USA wanted with him?

3. Why didn't the sight of blood and the bodies sicken the impostor?

4. Why would recovery of the sub be a difficult endeavor?

5. How is Giordino affected by the cold?

6. Why might the tablets suit any known geographical location?

7. What was the secret purpose of the Thursday night poker game?

8. Why did Topiltzin kill Rivas?

9. What puzzled the postal worker on the package destined for the President?

10. What was the steward of Flight 106 attempting to do and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would the technology of today have made the abduction of the Lady Flamborough impossible? How would it have aided the search for the lost treasures of the Alexandria Library?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay from research on airplane crash survivors. What kinds of things did they have to do in the name of survival? Do you think you could do the same? Why or why not? Do you think this is an accurate answer, or do you think that you might change your mind in the heat of the actual situation?

Essay Topic 3

Assume that the treasures of the Alexandria Library exist somewhere. How would you go about finding them? Who, in the real world, would you enlist to help you and why? What would you hope most to find once you had found them? Outline your theories on where to search.

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