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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pitt pretend to be in order to get a chance to talk with Hilda Kronberg?
(a) A deliveryman for a flower company.
(b) A telephone repair man.
(c) An electrician.
(d) A plumber.

2. What is the date when Pitt and Jessie get to Cuba?
(a) November 15.
(b) October 31.
(c) November 6.
(d) November 4.

3. How high is the Pisto flung when the Amy Bigalow and Ozero Zaysan blow up?
(a) 50 feet.
(b) 300 feet.
(c) 200 feet.
(d) 150 feet.

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

5. One of the Soviets with all of his life-support equipment would weigh 360 earth pounds. What does he weigh in lunar weight?
(a) 70 pounds.
(b) 500 pounds.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 60 pounds.

6. What does Pitt take with him on the Dasher as the assault team prepares to attack Cayo Santa Maria?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) A gun.
(c) A lead pipe.
(d) A switchblade.

7. How long has it been since Castro came down from the mountains of the Sierra Maestra?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 45 years.

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

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

10. What is on some of the rocks near the lunar colony that the Soviets are walking around?
(a) Orange paint.
(b) Blue paint.
(c) Purple paint.
(d) Green paint.

11. How old is the guard at the fourth checkpoint that Jessie, Pitt, and the taxi driver encounter?
(a) Around 20.
(b) About 18.
(c) Maybe 17.
(d) No more than 16.

12. How close can the assault team, that is being led by Kleist, get to the island of Cayo Santa Maria?
(a) 1 mile.
(b) 7 miles.
(c) 5 miles.
(d) 3 miles.

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

14. Pitt is working with a group to move the three ships in Havana. How many engineers can the group find to help?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

15. Why is the President awakened at one in the morning in Chapter 52?
(a) The Selenos 8 is preparing to fire weapons.
(b) The mission to destroy the communication center on Cayo Santa Maria has been delayed.
(c) A coded transmission has been intercepted from the Soviets.
(d) The Gettysburg has cast off.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the moon colonists flown after landing at Key West Naval Base?

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

3. What is the name of the tugboat that Jack is using to move boats out of the Havana harbor?

4. What is the cargo of the Amy Bigelow?

5. Who finally kills Foss Gly?

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