Hi, w:

I have gotten a complete set of Cussler books for our school library. Our school uses Reading counts quizzes to track the reading progress of the students. To get more students willing to read the books ( besides the few my daughter has gotten reading them already), the librarian has asked if I could come up with quizzes for the books that don't have quizzes available.

The quizzes need to be made up of 30 or more multiple choice questions on each book.

The school has gotten the quizzes that are available: The Adventures of Vin Fiz, Altantis Found, Deep Six, Dragon, Inca Gold, Sahara, Serpent, Treasure, and Vixon 03.

Any help people can give will be appreciated. Even a few questions would help.

This will help get a new generation of readers interested in these great novels!

Thanks,

This may take awhile...Is there a time limit for handing in the questions?

If we start a thread for each book that doesn't have questions yet in the book section I'm sure between all of us we can come up with 30 questions of varying difficulty

Julie you want Night Probe? :lol:
Liz can have Raise the Titanic th:

Cyclops.

Q!: Why is there always someone onboard a ship nicknamed "Sparks"?
A; Sparks is the radio/communications man who has contact with the outside world.

Q2: What is the Gulf Stream?
A: A warm, swift Atlantic oceanic current originating in the Gulf of Mexico, exits through the strait of Florida, and follows the Eastern coastline of the U.S. and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

Q3; What does the term "Soviet" mean?
A: council democracy is a form of democracy in which workers' councils called "soviets" consisting of worker-elected delegates form organs of power. The soviets begin at the local level and onto a national parliament-like assembly.

Q4; What is an Astronaut?
A: is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.

Q5: Who is the illustrator of the first edition hardback copy?
A: Paul Bacon

Q6: What is the original meaning of El Dorado?
A: the legend of 'El Dorado' (meaning the Golden Man rather than a place - 'el indio dorado', the golden Indian or 'El Rey Dorado', The Golden King).

Q7: In what movie did the phrase "Manganese—most people don't even know what that is." appear in?
A: Caddyshack.

Q8: What is a Dirigible or Airship?
A: Is a buoyant lighter than air aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air using rudders and propellers.

Q9: What College did Dr. Calvin Rooney attend?
A: Harvard Medical School

Q10: What is the name of the Undercover Agent the President uses?
A: Ira Hagen

Q11: What was Fidel Castro inspecting when Dirk Pitt answered his questions?
A: Hospitals

Q12: A former watering hole for Wealthy Americans in Cuba?
A: Sloppy Joe's

Q13: What is the name of the Inn where Ira Hagen meets Senator Dean Porter? A: The Horse and Artillery Inn

Q14. What is the name of the Lunar Station sent into space by the U.S.S.R. and on what date was it launched, and where was it launched from?
A: Selenos 8 is the name of the Lunar Station that was launched on October 30, 1989 from Kazakhstan.

Q15. What day is October 30, 1989?
A: Monday

Q16: When Dirk Pitt calls Weehawken Marine Products, who does he talk to and what is the name Dirk uses to conceal his true identity?
A: Bob Conde is the Chairman of Weehawken Marine Products and Dirk uses the name of Jack Farmer to conceal his identity.

Q17. Who is the leader on the Jersey Colony?
A: Eli Steinmetz

Q18: Who tortures Rudi Gunn and Al Giordino?
A; Foss Gly

Q19: What previous Clive Cussler novel had Foss Gly appeared in?
A: Night Probe

Q20: On what island did the Russians have a listening post on, to spy on the U.S. Space Colonies?
A: Cayo Santa Maria.

Whew! Took forever and was too lazy to provide the alternative answers. Maybe someone else can finish this one off and provide the alternative answers. w:

Would love to help. What age group are we talking about?

could somebody please explain for those not in USA what are reading counts and how they are used? (we got some idea but I would like a more detailed description)
Thanking you
Jess

:o Tony do you understand what multiple choice means? Great questions but all you needed to do was have one word answers mate.
And your post is extrememly hard to read so I've edited it for you so that humans can read it and not just your alien brothers :P

b:
We are talking about Middle school and high school students.

The way reading counts work is this.

Base on the difficulty of the book and the lenght, books are assigned a ponit value. After the student reads a book, they take a quiz on the computer about the book. The quiz is 10 questions long randomly selected from a group of 30 or more multiple choice questions about the book. Any book that has been made into a movie, most questions are about things that were in the book and not the movie. It takes 70% to pass the quiz. Example: Sahara and Inca Gold are valued at 37 points each.

Treachers can use this system to track the progress of students reading. Our school for example, requires 8th graders to pass 45 points of quizzes every 9 weeks of school (Advance students are required to pass 75 points). This way, students can read books that interest them and still be tests on the books.

The program can starts with kindergarden and have quizzes available through 12 grade.

Some local Pizza Huts have become involved with it by giving free personal pan pizzas to students for completing different requirements.

Thanks again for your help!!