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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. What was the name of the ship that was destroyed?

2. What is the name of the ship that Dirk is going to take control of?

3. Where had the Serapis landed and taken on a ballast stone?

4. What was Hala's first concern for?

5. Why was Colonel Morton Hollis so sure of his team?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of things were loaded onto the Lady Flamborough?

2. In what ways did Ismail's inexperience show through?

3. How does Hala Kamil feel about Julius' visit and what he plans?

4. How does Ammar feel about the people at the table?

5. What information bothers Yeager and Dirk?

6. What changes did Ammar undergo to look the part of Captain Collins?

7. Where is the best location for the scrolls to be if they are to maintain their cohesion and readability? Where is the worst?

8. What sounds like a "grand plan" to the President and to Douglas Oates?

9. What is the President of the USA requesting of Senator Pitt? What is something he adds that he would normally not do?

10. How did Yeager manage to find that Venator had been at Barnaget Bay in New Jersey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research a time in history in which a political leader did the opposite of what was expected of them at the time. Explain the backlash that occurred afterwards. Imagine something like this happened with a present political figure. How could it affect the world?

Essay Topic 2

What kind of information does the Latin logs of Cuccius reveal about that time frame? What does it reveal in answers to questions in the story? What kind of hope does this leave for the actual location of the relics of Alexandria?

Essay Topic 3

Pick two characters from the book to compare and contrast against each other. How would the plot line have been affected if these two characters had interacted more often? How do they interact as it is? Would these two characters make a good team? Why or why not?

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