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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. How long has the Iowa been refitting at the Forbes shipyard?
(a) Close to 9 months.
(b) Close to 6 months.
(c) About 5 months.
(d) About 8 months.

2. How fast does Pitt soar over the Potomac in the NUMA helicopter?
(a) 150 mph.
(b) Nearly 100 mph.
(c) Nearly 200 mph.
(d) 175 mph.

3. At what altitude will Sandecker and Steiger head for the sea with the cylinder containing the Doomsday organism?
(a) 9,000 feet.
(b) 6,000 feet.
(c) 4,000 feet.
(d) 5,000 feet.

4. How much lower is the Harry W. Nice Memorial Toll Bridge than Fawkes had calculated?
(a) 3 feet.
(b) 5 feet.
(c) 2 feet.
(d) 4 feet.

5. What car does Pitt have that he took off the Titanic?
(a) 1912 Fiat Zero.
(b) 1912 Renault Open-drive Landaulette.
(c) 1906 Peugeot Type 81.
(d) 1908 Lancia Alfa.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 42, how many days does Pitt ask Sandecker to give him to find the missing warheads?

2. How does the superintendent of the Forbes shipyard happen to be driving by the shipyard so late?

3. How old is Carl Swedborg?

4. After gutting tons of non-essential steel from the Iowa, what is the draft of the Iowa?

5. Where is Lusana staying while he is in Washington?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Bass halt the test series for the Doomsday organism?

2. What happens when Pitt attempts to remove the projectile from the helicopter that Steiger is piloting?

3. What reason does Sandecker give Ravenfoot for wanting to track down a load of old sixteen-inch naval shells?

4. Why did Colonel Jumana order an attack on a village?

5. What is the Doomsday organism and what effect does it have on humans and animals?

6. What does Daggat suggest that Lusana do about the massacre ordered by Jumana?

7. How is the projectile removed from the helicopter that Steiger is piloting?

8. When does Pitt believe that Fawkes will attack and why?

9. What will happen to Sandecker and Steiger when the helicopter runs out of fuel?

10. Why doesn't anyone at the Pentagon know about the QD project?

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