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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 is NUMA's annual budget?
(a) $200 million.
(b) $400 million.
(c) $600 million.
(d) $500 million.

2. What month is it at the beginning of Chapter 42?
(a) November.
(b) September.
(c) January.
(d) December.

3. How many pounds is Sandecker able to jettison out the cargo door of the helicopter?
(a) 200 pounds.
(b) About 400 pounds.
(c) About 500 pounds.
(d) 350 pounds.

4. Who pulls Pitt out of the water after the Iowa explodes?
(a) Coast Guard.
(b) Marines.
(c) Navy Seals.
(d) Fawkes.

5. Where does Sandecker hope to drop the cylinder with the Doomsday organism?
(a) 600 miles east of Washington, D.C.
(b) 800 miles east of New York.
(c) 900 miles east of Maryland.
(d) 600 miles east of the Delaware coastline.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people did Sandecker have on staff when he became director of NUMA?

2. By what percentage must the draft be cut so that Fawkes' ship will ride high?

3. After his heart attack, where will Walter Bass be transferred as soon as he is strong enough for the trip?

4. At what time does a taxi leave Jarvis in a hangar at the Washington National Airport?

5. What does Steiger leave in General Grosfield's desk?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What information does Daggat give Loren about Lusana's childhood?

5. Why didn't Fawkes try to avoid colliding with the fishing trawler?

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

7. How does Pitt eliminate Daggat's hold over Loren and stop him from blackmailing her?

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

9. What does Pitt tell Sandecker and Steiger to do while they are trying to get the Quick Death organism to the sea that is attached to the helicopter?

10. What happened when Pitt tried to tackle Emma?

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