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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word best describes how the Russian sailors react to what they see in the United States?
(a) Amazed
(b) Ambivalent
(c) Disgusted
(d) Unaffected

2. Which of the following terms best describes the condition of the injured Russian soldier?
(a) Stable
(b) Unstable
(c) Comatose
(d) Critical

3. Which of he following characters impresses the Soviets on the Red October?
(a) Ramius
(b) Jones
(c) Ryan
(d) Mancuso

4. What happens to most of the Russian fleet on the sixteenth day?
(a) Head to the East Coast of North America
(b) Head back to Russia
(c) Surrounded by the American fleet
(d) Stay where they are

5. How does Ramius plan to get his crew off of the ship?
(a) Sinks the ship and relies on the Americans to save them
(b) Tells them they are under attack by the Americans
(c) Tells them the ship is damaged and they must evacuate
(d) Simply orders them to abandon ship

6. At the end of the novel, what happens to most of the characters?
(a) Go back to their lives
(b) Return to CIA headquarters
(c) Held in custody
(d) Returned to Russia

7. How do the officers still believe the radiation leak occurred?
(a) Accident
(b) Mechanical failure
(c) They do not know
(d) Sabotage

8. The assembling of the Air Force is meant to do what to the Russians?
(a) Scare them
(b) Surprise them
(c) Intimidate them
(d) Engage them

9. Where is the crew of the Red October taken?
(a) Moscow
(b) London
(c) Washington
(d) Philadelphia

10. How many days did Jones track the unknown submarine?
(a) 1 month
(b) 5 days
(c) 2 weeks
(d) 2 days

11. Who finds a minor radiation leak on the Red October?
(a) Cook
(b) No one
(c) Chief engineer
(d) Ramius

12. Which of the following equipment can be used to track vessels and planes in the ocean?
(a) Both of the above answers
(b) Neither of the above answers
(c) Sonar
(d) Radar

13. Why doesn't the second torpedo ignite when it hits the Red October?
(a) The Red October deactivated it
(b) The Dallas destroyed the torpedo
(c) It is defective
(d) The vessels are to close to each other

14. Who plans a political makeover of the military?
(a) Politburo
(b) FBI
(c) CIA
(d) NSA

15. Who are sent to inspect the Red October?
(a) Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee
(b) Members of the Invincible
(c) KGB officers
(d) A group of intelligence officers

Short Answer Questions

1. What two ships accompany the Red October to its secret destination?

2. What does the Pentagon want to tell the Red October on the twelfth day?

3. Which of the following ships is a Russian ship left behind to watch what the Americans do?

4. Who assembles to fight the Russian Army?

5. How do the three ships identify the Konovalov is still around?

(see the answer keys)

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