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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the first time in their lives, the Sea Launch platform crew are happy about something. What is it?
(a) A launch failure.
(b) A TV interview.
(c) A Presidential citation.
(d) A raise.

2. What does the Badger's first blow to the Odyssey do?
(a) Triggers the ballast pumps.
(b) Causes the Odyssey to sink to the ocean floor.
(c) Causes the rocket to topple into the water.
(d) Sets off alarms on board the Odyssey.

3. Who is the "round-faced" engineer on board Kang's ship?
(a) Long.
(b) Louis.
(c) Lang.
(d) Ling.

4. What does Tongju tell the Ukrainian engineers to do in order to launch the weapons toward the U.S. mainland?
(a) Ignore the weather and hold their position.
(b) Follow orders no matter what and not bother him with details.
(c) Move the Koguryo closer to the U.S. coast.
(d) Scrub the weapon launch.

5. Where do Tongju, Kim, and two other commandos plan to run after leaving the Koguryo?
(a) To Evansville.
(b) To El Dorado.
(c) To Escondido.
(d) To Ensenada.

6. What type of watch does Pitt wear?
(a) A Fossil.
(b) A Doxa.
(c) A Timex.
(d) A Rolex.

7. Who does Dirk insist that he get to accompany in Chapter 24?
(a) A group of Marine recon specialists.
(b) A search party.
(c) A U.S. television crew.
(d) A special ops team.

8. What is the WESCAM on board the Icarus?
(a) A radar.
(b) A satellite receiver.
(c) A long-distance camera.
(d) A navigational device.

9. What does Lee do when he realizes he will be captured?
(a) He drowns himself.
(b) He kills himself.
(c) He tries to escape on a tender.
(d) He surrenders.

10. What Coast Guard ship goes to inspect the Odyssey?
(a) The Enterprise.
(b) The Constellation.
(c) The Black Pearl.
(d) The Narwhal.

11. What is the issue with the Ukrainian launch engineers prior to the launch from the Koguryo?
(a) They wanted to mutiny.
(b) They couldn't agree on where to position the platform for launch.
(c) They wanted better sleeping quarters.
(d) They felt they weren't receiving enough pay.

12. Why does Tongju have his prisoners on board the Odyssey transferred to a storage shed?
(a) So they will be difficult to find should the Odyssey be boarded.
(b) So they will be killed by the rocket launch.
(c) So they will be kept safe during the rocket launch.
(d) So they can be held for ransom.

13. What is the first sign of an imminent rocket launch off the Sea Launch platform?
(a) The clouds of liquid hydrogen.
(b) The support tower falling away.
(c) The roaring rush of fresh water.
(d) The smoke from the launch itself.

14. Who reaches the Koguryo before it is able to fire on the Icarus?
(a) Air National Guard jets.
(b) Marine helicopters.
(c) Coast Guard cutters.
(d) Navy jets.

15. What was the deviation of the rocket just as it was launching?
(a) Twelve degrees.
(b) Five degrees.
(c) Fifteen degrees.
(d) Ten degrees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Badger?

2. What happens to Kang's yacht?

3. What does Pitt determine about the super-virus payload which was on board the destroyed missile?

4. Where do Dirk and Summer land upon their return to the United States?

5. Who is commander of the Navy SEAL team searching for Kang?

(see the answer keys)

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