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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 is loaded onto the plane in North Carolina?

2. Which character is more developed during the fourth day?

3. Which of the following does the sonar surveillance system detect which is supposed to be silent?

4. How does Ramius explain the death of Putin?

5. Where is Ryan sent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Ramius blame for the death of his wife?

2. How could Jones's relationship with the sonar equipment best be described?

3. Why did Ramius want the doctor and crew to think there was a radiation leak?

4. What does the President reveal to the Russian Ambassador on the ninth day?

5. Why are the Americans not worried that the Red October did not show up for their training exercises?

6. What does Ramius do in order to get the things he wants?

7. What leads to the death of Ramius's wife?

8. Why is Jack Ryan called in?

9. With what mission was the Soviet Navy charged?

10. What does Ramius's letter tell the Soviet Navy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing dangers which may have happened at specific points in the novel, but did not and how they may have changed future events in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Have the students write an essay describing how the Russians must have felt the first time they were in the United States. Include many descriptors in your essay.

Essay Topic 3

Complete an analysis of the ability of the Americans to avert a true military crisis. Make a judgment as to the effectiveness of their plan and strategy.

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