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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is a piece of the Ozero Zaysan's forward mast found?
(a) Havana cathedral.
(b) Tacon Teatre.
(c) Havana Stadium's soccer field.
(d) Hotel Habana Riviera.

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

3. What type of car comes up behind Jessie, Pitt, and the taxi driver when they are at a fourth checkpoint?
(a) A GAZ-51.
(b) A Zil.
(c) A Lada.
(d) A VAZ-2107.

4. After the Selenos 8 lands on the moon, how long do the Soviets estimate it will take to make contact with the moon base?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

5. Where did Jessie go to high school?
(a) In Wyoming.
(b) In Montana.
(c) In Iowa.
(d) In Michigan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who escapes from the Soviet communications center when Pitt and Quintana break in?

2. How high is the Pisto flung when the Amy Bigalow and Ozero Zaysan blow up?

3. What is the date when Pitt and Jessie get to Cuba?

4. What type of plane does Major Hollyman fly?

5. After the explosions in Havana, when does the first U.S. Air Force heavy cargo plane land?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Major Gus Hollyman flying scared at the beginning of Chapter 56?

2. What does Jessie think she sees while she is sitting at the makeshift hospital waiting to have a cup of coffee with Sandecker and Giordino?

3. How did Raymond LeBaron die?

4. Why does Giordino throw the coffee cups that he was bringing to Sandecker and Jessie over his shoulder?

5. What is the problem with the engines of the Amy Bigalow and the Ozero Zaysan?

6. Why does the President accuse the Inner Core of murder?

7. How does Clark die?

8. How is Velikov supposed to bring down the Gettysburg?

9. What does Raul Castro want Fidel Castro to do?

10. Why does Pitt decide that the ships are the bombs that the Russians intend to set off in Havana?

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