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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls Sandecker while he is mourning the deaths of Gunn, Giordino and Pitt?
(a) His wife.
(b) The President's security adviser.
(c) The President.
(d) Admiral Monfort.

2. How much older is Jessie than Pitt?
(a) About 15 years.
(b) About 20 years.
(c) About 10 years.
(d) About 5 years.

3. What is the name of the tugboat that Jack is using to move boats out of the Havana harbor?
(a) Pescado.
(b) Cazuela.
(c) Barca.
(d) Pisto.

4. How many feet does Jurgens have to spare when he lands the space shuttle?
(a) 600 feet.
(b) 1,000 feet.
(c) 1,500 feet.
(d) 1,200 feet.

5. Who is leading the group of men who will guard the docks while Pitt and the others try to move the ships?
(a) Hagan.
(b) Joe.
(c) Clark.
(d) Manny.

6. At the beginning of Chapter 40, how much longer does Pitt expect his motor to keep running?
(a) 15-20 minutes.
(b) 30-40 minutes.
(c) 25-30 minutes.
(d) 5-10 minutes.

7. How many alternative plans does Velikov create in case Rum and Cola fail?
(a) 1.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

8. How tall is the tidal wave that results from the explosions of the three ships in the Havana harbor?
(a) 50 feet high.
(b) 10 feet high.
(c) 100 feet high.
(d) 5 feet high.

9. How much of a head start does Pitt believe he can gain after leaving the fourth checkpoint?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) An hour.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

10. What does the Ozero Zaysan weigh?
(a) 20,000 tons.
(b) 100,000 tons.
(c) 50,000 tons.
(d) 35,000 tons.

11. Whose body do the Soviets say is recovered from the communications center on Cayo Santa Maria?
(a) Foss Gly.
(b) Raymond LeBaron.
(c) General Velikov.
(d) Lyev Maisky.

12. What is the weather like when the President reaches Camp David?
(a) Indian summer.
(b) Early snow storm.
(c) Cold and cloudy.
(d) Thunderstorm.

13. When does Fidel Castro intend to expose the Soviet plot to undermine Cuban sovereignty?
(a) On Independence Day.
(b) During Labor Day.
(c) On the day of the Triumph of the Revolution.
(d) During the Education Day celebration.

14. What is the cargo of the Ozero Zaysan?
(a) Oil.
(b) Ammonium nitrate.
(c) Military supplies.
(d) Coal.

15. From how far away do fire units come into Havana?
(a) 35 miles.
(b) 100 miles.
(c) 25 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Gly bring Gunn and Giordino at the end of Chapter 50?

2. How did Jessie meet Raymond?

3. At the briefing at Camp David, how much time does Hudson say there is until the colonists leave the moon?

4. Where is a piece of the Ozero Zaysan's forward mast found?

5. How far away are seagulls crushed by the concussion when the Amy Bigalow and Ozero Zaysan blow up?

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