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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the program that Chuck Searls developed do?
(a) It secretly manipulates stock prices.
(b) It tracks activity in the U.S. stock markets.
(c) It automatically bids on favorable penny stocks.
(d) It erases records of stock trades.

2. What is the state of India when the novel begins?
(a) Its navy is threatening Sri Lankan independence.
(b) It seized Tibet from China.
(c) It is going through a major revolution.
(d) It is suffering from famine and starvation.

3. What does Golovko want in exchange for his help?
(a) Help with the Siberian issue.
(b) Full disclosure of information on Yamata.
(c) A diplomatic statement against Goto.
(d) Details on Kimberly Norton.

4. Who asks Murray to postpone arresting Kealty?
(a) Durling.
(b) Hanson.
(c) Foley.
(d) Ryan.

5. Yamata is planning to refit the Russian missiles to carry what type of weapon?
(a) Biological weapons.
(b) Dirty bombs.
(c) Nerve gas.
(d) Nuclear warheads.

6. What is the CIA operative Chet Nomuri's mission?
(a) To gather information on the ziabatsu-Goto connection.
(b) To undermine Goto's campaign.
(c) To infiltrate and assassinate the ziabatsu.
(d) To kill Yamata.

7. What are "zaibatsu"?
(a) Wealthy businessmen and industrialists.
(b) A brand of cars.
(c) Start-up companies.
(d) Informants.

8. What does Yamata want to know about the U.S. and Russian disarmament?
(a) When the last weapons will be disarmed.
(b) Where the missiles are being dismantled.
(c) Where the weaponized uranium is being stored.
(d) What company is transporting the missiles.

9. What does the commander of U.S. Navy forces in the Indian Ocean believe about the Indian Navy?
(a) They are preparing to attack U.S. forces.
(b) They have nuclear-armed subs.
(c) Their strength is vastly over-estimated.
(d) They are preparing to invade Sri Lanka.

10. What is happening to the global stock of nuclear weapons when the novel begins?
(a) Both the U.S. and Russia are stockpiling weapons.
(b) Many private companies are secretly developing these weapons.
(c) Most major countries have nuclear weapons.
(d) Both the U.S. and Russia are disposing of their weapons.

11. What is the U.S. auto industry's response to the Trade Reform Act?
(a) They are gearing up for a resurgence.
(b) They are making their own vehicles safer.
(c) They are making their own vehicles cheaper.
(d) They are protesting it as anti-competitive.

12. How are Yamata's missiles transported across Saipan?
(a) By car carriers.
(b) By Russian purchased ICBM launchers.
(c) By converted troop transports.
(d) By tractor trailers.

13. What precipitates the decline of U.S. financial and blue-chip stocks?
(a) The bankruptcy of Citibank.
(b) The sale of Asian owned Treasury notes.
(c) European purchase of U.S. Treasury notes.
(d) The failure of the U.S. auto industry.

14. What does Yamata do with the Columbus Investment Group?
(a) He causes its stock to plummet.
(b) He purchases controlling shares.
(c) He buys it in a hostile takeover.
(d) He secretly bankrupts it.

15. What event causes the U.S. administration to plan a trip to Moscow to celebrate?
(a) The signing of a new non-proliferation act.
(b) The dismantling of the last U.S. nuclear missile.
(c) The dismantling of the last Russian nuclear missile.
(d) The second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Japanese banks start investing in shortly after the Trade Reform Act is passed?

2. What new technology is Japan eager to test during the war games?

3. What is the official reason that U.S. communications are cut off in the Pacific during the Japanese attack?

4. After his meeting with Searls in New York, where does Yamata travel to in order to meet with political and military leaders?

5. Why is Cook able to acquire the information that Yamata is seeking?

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