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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What speed is Vylander's plane traveling when there is 9,000 feet of runway to travel?
(a) 120 knots.
(b) 80 knots.
(c) 50 knots.
(d) 70 knots.

2. What symbol is on the piece of metal that Pitt brings back from the plane wreck?
(a) Chemical weapon.
(b) Radioactive.
(c) Laser hazard.
(d) Biohazard.

3. How much does the cargo weigh on Vylander's plane?
(a) 70,000 pounds.
(b) 48,000 pounds.
(c) 35,000 pounds.
(d) 57,000 pounds.

4. How much money is Machita carrying when he meets Emma?
(a) $1 million.
(b) $4 million.
(c) $2 million.
(d) $3 million.

5. Pitt and the others see an old man fishing when they are searching Table Lake with a camera. How long has the old man fished at Table Lake?
(a) 24 years.
(b) 31 years.
(c) 18 years.
(d) 22 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Fawkes' home country?

2. What year did Lee take an early discharge from the Navy?

3. How many workers are housed in a compound on the Fawkes farm?

4. On Vylander's plane, which engine blows a propeller blade?

5. What name does Major Thomas Machita use when he travels to Pretoria in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't Pitt raise the Vixen 03?

2. What does Pitt find in the garage under the cabin?

3. Why would Admiral Sandecker, head of NUMA, be upset if he learns about Pitt's project?

4. What did Steiger's superiors at the Pentagon tell him was to be done about the Vixen 03?

5. Who buried the Fawkes' family?

6. How did Loren and Pitt meet?

7. What happens to the Boeing C-97 while Vylander checks the cargo?

8. How did an old log cabin get at the bottom of Table Lake?

9. Why doesn't Major Vylander like what he sees on a January night in 1954?

10. What is Vylander to do if an in-flight emergency develops?

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