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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. Although Sandecker and Giordino did not know the man, whose body are they shown in a Havana morgue?
(a) Manny's body.
(b) Clark's body.
(c) Moe's body.
(d) Joe's body.

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

3. Where is the first place that Pitt is taken after his rescue by submarine?
(a) Robins Air Force Base.
(b) Andrews Air Force Base.
(c) NUMA Headquarters.
(d) The White House.

4. 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 plumber.
(c) A telephone repair man.
(d) An electrician.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long will it take to restart the Amy Bigelow's engines?

2. What size are the screens in Velikov's communication center on Cayo Santa Maria?

3. Who calls Sandecker while he is mourning the deaths of Gunn, Giordino and Pitt?

4. What type of plane does Major Hollyman fly?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Pitt do after he crashes the taxi into the Russian car that was pursuing him?

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

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

5. What does Pitt learn when he calls Weehawken Marine Products?

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

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

8. How does Clark die?

9. How did Raymond LeBaron die?

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

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