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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 horsepower do the engines of the Iowa have?

2. How does Pitt disguise the fact that he is carrying a gun when he goes to confront Lee Raferty about Charlie Smith's death?

3. At what altitude will Sandecker and Steiger head for the sea with the cylinder containing the Doomsday organism?

4. What is marked on the bunker where Pitt and Mapes look for the weapons that Raferty sold?

5. When Lusana is kidnapped, into whose custody is he placed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Pitt persuade Orville Mapes, President of Phalanx Arms Corporation, to check the whereabouts of the naval shells he bought from Raferty?

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

4. How does Pitt determine which battleship is involved in Operation Wild Rose?

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

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

7. What does Dale Jarvis believe about Operation Wild Rose?

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

9. What did VFW Post 9974 do with the shells they got from Phalanx Arms Corporation?

10. What happened when Pitt tried to tackle Emma?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Cussler uses suspense in the novel using examples from "Vixen 03."

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt.

Essay Topic 3

Cussler introduces the concept of a biological weapon that is so dangerous its effects are felt for hundreds of years, but can be destroyed by water. Discuss how Cussler established the likelihood of this weapon and whether he sufficiently establishes the probability of such a weapon.

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