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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 color are Loren's eyes?

2. When was Table Lake made by damming a stream?

3. What is the name of the NUMA salvage ship that Pitt is using to work on the wreck of a Civil War ship?

4. Where should Vylander break out of the storm?

5. What is the color scheme of the plane Giordino flies to Colorado to meet Pitt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the place where Loren and Pitt are staying in Colorado.

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

3. What would Folsom use to raise a plane like the Vixen 03?

4. Why isn't Myra Fawkes worried to have Patrick leave for a few days?

5. Why does Patrick Fawkes go to Chesapeake Bay?

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

7. What does Daggat say will happen if Loren will not vote for his bill?

8. Who buried the Fawkes' family?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how characters use teamwork in the novel to achieve goals and solve problems.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Some characters believe that the end justifies the means. Discuss which characters believe that the end justifies the means using examples from the book.

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