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

2. What type of plane does Major Hollyman fly?
(a) F-15E night attack fighter.
(b) F-22 Raptor.
(c) F-35 Lightning II.
(d) Tornado GR-4.

3. Where do Jessie and Pitt sleep when they get to Cuba?
(a) Under a bridge.
(b) In a deserted building.
(c) In a drainpipe.
(d) In an abandoned barn.

4. 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.

5. How long will it take to restart the Amy Bigelow's engines?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 4 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the CIA training center located in the Bahamas?

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

3. What is on some of the rocks near the lunar colony that the Soviets are walking around?

4. How old was Sandecker when he made flag rank?

5. When the Soviet soldiers land on the moon, how do they feel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Jessie, Hagen and the Castros who were in Sloppy Joe's when the explosion occurred?

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

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

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

7. What does the President want Steinmetz to do before the Russians land on the moon?

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

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

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

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