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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which President placed Cuba off limits to Americans?

2. What type of car comes up behind Jessie, Pitt, and the taxi driver when they are at a fourth checkpoint?

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

4. How much of a head start does Pitt believe he can gain after leaving the fourth checkpoint?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the colonists defeat the Russians?

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

3. How did Raymond LeBaron die?

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

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

6. What is a Dasher?

7. 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?

8. Describe what happened when the Ozero Baykai blew up.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the leadership styles of Pitt and the President; also explain how their personalities affect their style of leadership.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 18, Jessie LeBaron spills coffee on the radio transmitter of the Prosperteer. Using details from that chapter and the chapters that follow to support your position, argue whether Jessie did or did not spill the coffee on purpose.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the novel, argue whether Jessie did or did not know that Raymond killed Hans Kroenburg and stole La Dorada.

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