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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. What is the cargo of the Amy Bigelow?
(a) Munitions.
(b) Ammonium nitrate.
(c) Oil.
(d) Coal.

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

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

4. Which President placed Cuba off limits to Americans?
(a) Reagan.
(b) Ford.
(c) Carter.
(d) Nixon.

5. What does Lyev Maisky tell General Velikov his new mission will be?
(a) Repair the Prosperteer.
(b) Kill the Americans.
(c) Assassinate Castro.
(d) Bring down the Gettysburg on Cuban soil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of car is driven by the Cuban taxi driver that Pitt and Jessie ride with?

2. When Velikov and Maisky inspect the island communication center, how long has it been since the lunar transporter docked at the space station?

3. Whose body do the Soviets say is recovered from the communications center on Cayo Santa Maria?

4. How tall is the tidal wave that results from the explosions of the three ships in the Havana harbor?

5. How many of Major Borchev's men die in the fight with Clark's men?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Pitt and Jessie get into the Swiss Embassy?

3. Why do the Soviets believe that the Cubans are responsible for the destruction of the communications center on Cayo Santa Maria?

4. Why doesn't Pitt rendezvous with the rest of the assault team back at the SPUT?

5. How do the colonists defeat the Russians?

6. How did Raymond LeBaron die?

7. What does Pitt do when Martin Brogan implies that he is not telling the truth about his experiences on the island?

8. 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?

9. How does Clark die?

10. Why is the flight commander of the Gettysburg disturbed at the beginning of Chapter 54?

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