Thirteen Days; a Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Mid-Book Test (up to Thirteen Days, pgs. 63-88)

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

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Who does Robert speak to about the President's concern about missiles in Cuba on September 4th?
a) Soviet Chairman Nikita Khrushchev.
b) Ambassador Dobrynin.
c) The Deputy Attorney General.
d) The President.

2. What was one requirement of the blockade plan?
a) A meeting with the Organization of American States.
b) All ship that enter the blockade be inspected.
c) That no ships could pass the blockade.
d) A promise to withdraw weapons from Berlin.

3. Whose plane was shot down while flying reconnaissance over Cuba?
a) Secretary Rusk.
b) General McNamara.
c) Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr.
d) John Kennedy, Jr.

4. When...
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