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

2. When Vylander's plane begins having difficulties, how many degrees are they off the plotted course?

3. What did Pitt and Loren do on their first date?

4. Where is Marcus Somala's base camp?

5. What disguise does one of Emma's accomplices wear when Machita meets him in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Marcus Somala find a perfect hiding place?

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

4. Who are Loren's nearest neighbors?

5. How does Steiger explain the fact that the nose gear was found in Colorado?

6. What does Vylander do once the Boeing C-97 reaches an altitude of 16,000 feet?

7. Why does Patrick Fawkes go to Chesapeake Bay?

8. How did De Vaal travel from an operating room in a Durban hospital to the Pembroke rail-yard quickly?

9. What did Pitt and Steiger do after breakfast in Chapter 7?

10. What makes Pitt think that the Vixen 03 was transporting a dangerous cargo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the novel, discuss how conflict is used in the novel to advance the plot.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Felicia and Loren. Use examples from the novel.

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