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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the AP Moscow Correspondent say extinguished the fire?
(a) Military helicopters.
(b) Sophisticated fire extinguishers.
(c) A freak snowstorm.
(d) Hundreds of firefighters and volunteers.

2. As Chernyavin's men are traveling, they find themselves face-to-face with a tank. They then hear Chernyavin's voice telling them to surrender themselves. Why does this surprise them?
(a) They think that Chernyavin is working for the Germans.
(b) They believe that Chernyavin is dead.
(c) They are now under new leadership.
(d) They think that Chernyavin is still in prison.

3. Why is this mission to take out the bridges so important in the war against the Soviets?
(a) If it is successful, Soviet reinforcements can not arrive.
(b) If it is successful, the Germans can not move into Russia.
(c) If the mission fails, the Russians can take more oil.
(d) If the mission fails, the Germans will be trapped by the Soviets.

4. The Russians who control the air base are attacked by American planes. What do the American planes fail to destroy?
(a) The base's air terminal.
(b) The air field.
(c) The flight command tower.
(d) Several runways.

5. What is the supposed occupation of the "terrorist"?
(a) A military specialist.
(b) A demolition worker.
(c) A spy.
(d) A bomb manufacturer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Command asks Edwards a series of questions to confirm his identity. One question makes him so angry he refuses to answer. What was it?

2. What is the code name for the command to which Edwards reports?

3. What is Toland's response to the news of the generals' executions, and how do his superiors react?

4. Almost immediately after Toland reveals what he knows, his status in the military changes. What happens?

5. After Toland shares what he knows about Russia's state of affairs, he is moved to a new office. Where is it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some reasons that the destruction of the oil refinery in Nizhnevartovsk so significant to the Russians?

2. What happens to the Nimitz, the ship Toland is aboard during a Russian attack?

3. Why does one of Chernyavin's men blow up the van they traveled in?

4. An AP news correspondent in Moscow does not reveal the true cause of the oil refinery fire. What does he say happened, and how does he report the fire was extinguished?

5. Why does the captain of the Julius Fucik ground the ship after the attack on the Icelandic air base?

6. Is Edwards suited to the stress of his situation?

7. Describe the actions Edwards and his men take immediately after the attack on the Icelandic air base.

8. Why does the Russian Foreign Minister place so much emphasis on his proposal for arms reduction?

9. Why does the Politburo decide to go to war for oil?

10. What does the Russian Navy do to make Patrick Flynn suspicious about the Russian arms reduction?

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