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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Russia and NATO feel about the Mediterranean?
(a) it's too rich
(b) it needs to be divided up
(c) it has no real value
(d) it's strategically critical

2. Why does Randy stop at Bill Cullen's?
(a) to buy bourbon and scotch
(b) to order some flowers for Helen
(c) to get some drugs
(d) to get a lottery ticket

3. What are Anthony and Cleo?
(a) two gray mice
(b) African lovebirds
(c) a pair of racoons
(d) flying squirrels

4. What does Mark tell Helen to do?
(a) wait for him
(b) to divorce him
(c) remarry as soon as possible
(d) survive and care for the children

5. What does Helen ask Randy about Offutt Field?
(a) if he thinks Mark was there
(b) if he thinks that's the new capitol
(c) if he thinks it wasn't hit
(d) if the acting president might be there

6. Who does Randy call because of Peyton?
(a) Florence
(b) Alice
(c) Dan Gunn
(d) Edgar

7. What does Randy tell Helen and the children when they join him outside?
(a) that it has started
(b) they need to wait and see
(c) the children need to go to school
(d) their father called

8. What does Mark do when he arrives at McCoy?
(a) he talks to Paul and Randy
(b) switches planes
(c) leaves his family with Randy
(d) asks to spend time alone with Randy

9. What kind of music does Florence like to listen to?
(a) easy listening
(b) country music
(c) classical
(d) opera

10. What does Randy tell Mark?
(a) he thinks Mark is a total idiot
(b) he should leave for Omaha
(c) he should stay in Florida
(d) he will take good care of Mark's family

11. What has happened to the McGoverns' house?
(a) it has collasped
(b) it has burned down
(c) it is flooded
(d) the front window is cracked

12. What is the red baby?
(a) the red alert flag
(b) a bomb carrier that guides itself to a target.
(c) a red sunrise
(d) the sunset when the air is dusty

13. What does James Cobb fire at from his plane?
(a) a sidewinder
(b) a machine gun
(c) nothing
(d) an air torpedo

14. What is a significant difference between war a few years ago and now?
(a) the bombs are bigger
(b) the bombs can't be tracked
(c) there is no way to stop the bomber planes
(d) a tactical method called time-on-target

15. What does Randy see when he goes outside after being shaken awake?
(a) the sunrise
(b) nothing
(c) a red glow to the east and south
(d) that bird he's been watching

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Randy remember when he wakes in Chapter Four?

2. Where does the Secretary of State fly for conferences to try and avoid a war?

3. What are Randy's favorite times of the day?

4. What does Florence tell Alice about Randy?

5. What does Randy think of Florence?

(see the answer keys)

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