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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Air Force Master Sergeant Catana?
(a) He defected to Korea.
(b) He was tried and convicted of murder.
(c) He wrote his memoirs.
(d) He was released.

2. Who is the Homeland Security Special Assistant Dirk meets in Chapter 41?
(a) Peterson.
(b) Gunn.
(c) Webster.
(d) Burroughs.

3. How does Pitt use the Badger in sabotaging the Odyssey?
(a) He lashes the Badger to the Odyssey and pulls it out of range.
(b) He uses it to remove the launch deflectors.
(c) He cuts the Odyssey's mooring cables.
(d) He drills through a support column.

4. How does Tongju die?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He is killed by flying shrapnel.
(c) He drowns himself.
(d) He burns to death.

5. What happens to the contents of the rocket payload?
(a) The viruses were destroyed in their entirety.
(b) The viruses were frozen for further study.
(c) The viruses were given to lab animals.
(d) The viruses were shipped to an undisclosed location.

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

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

8. Who does the media initially assume is behind the attempted missile strike on Los Angeles?
(a) The Japanese Red Army.
(b) The Chinese Red Army.
(c) The Taliban.
(d) The Korean Red Army.

9. Why are Dirk and Summer sent to Korea on a government jet?
(a) They are to appear on Korean national television.
(b) They are to negotiate with Kang.
(c) They are to provide the military with intelligence of Kang's defenses.
(d) They are to parachute in to Kang's home compound.

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

11. What, in Ling's mind, is the riskiest part of the mission in Chapter 59?
(a) The dispersal of the toxins.
(b) Protecting the Odyssey from intruders.
(c) The actual rocket launch.
(d) Pleasing Kang.

12. What causes a shadow to fall across the Odyssey launch platform, which causes Dirk's heart to skip a beat?
(a) The Icarus.
(b) The Sun Voyager.
(c) The Goodyear Blimp.
(d) The Romulus.

13. Who is captain of the Odyssey?
(a) Huntley.
(b) Hennessey.
(c) Henley.
(d) Harrison.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who intervenes as Dirk and Dahlgren overcome two guards on the Odyssey?

2. What is the Badger?

3. What does Dirk correctly identify the Koguryo to be?

4. What just about causes Pitt to pass out on board the Badger after the launch?

5. What do the submerged pontoons on board the Odyssey do?

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