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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After his meeting with Searls in New York, where does Yamata travel to in order to meet with political and military leaders?
(a) Korea.
(b) Japan.
(c) China.
(d) India.

2. What crime is Vice President Ed Kealty accused of committing?
(a) Rape.
(b) Murder.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Insider trading.

3. Where does Yamata's contact, Seiji Nagumo work?
(a) The Japanese parliament.
(b) The Japanese Embassy in Washington.
(c) The Pentagon.
(d) The Japanese state department.

4. What is the former profession of the man Yamata contacts about the information regarding the Durling Administration?
(a) U.S. Congressman.
(b) Investigative reporter.
(c) Editor.
(d) Defense contractor.

5. How often do U.S. Japanese war game exercises take place?
(a) On a regular basis.
(b) Much less often than in previous years.
(c) Only when diplomatically necessary.
(d) At irregular intervals.

6. What does Golovko offer Ryan when he visits Moscow?
(a) The help of currently inactive Russian agents in Japan.
(b) Intelligence on Yamata.
(c) Details on India's navy.
(d) Russian military resources.

7. When Ryan and the U.S. President are going to Moscow, what is being done with the nuclear warheads that Yamata possesses?
(a) They are being repaired.
(b) They are being loaded into the missiles.
(c) They are undergoing final tests.
(d) They are being assembled.

8. In what way has Searls modified his program at Yamata's instruction?
(a) He turned it into a virus.
(b) He made it undetectable.
(c) He encrypted its source code.
(d) He added a "destruction device" to it.

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

10. What is the state of Africa when the novel begins?
(a) It is uniting under a small number of dictators.
(b) It is becoming prosperous.
(c) It is a hotbed of coups and revolutions.
(d) It has become the world's major source of oil.

11. How do the Cresta's tanks become rusted?
(a) Salt for snow clearing rusts them on the road.
(b) Someone applies a fluid to them that aids in rusting.
(c) Salty sea air rusts them during the course of travel.
(d) They rust while waiting unused in an open lot.

12. What is the result of the initial Japanese strike against the U.S. Navy?
(a) Dozens of destroyers and a few cruisers are sunk.
(b) Three battleships are sunk.
(c) The U.S. fleet becomes totally disorganized.
(d) Two carriers are damaged and two subs are destroyed.

13. What is Bill Murray's position?
(a) Director of the FBI.
(b) United States Senator.
(c) Secretary of Defense.
(d) Secretary of the Navy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the current profession of the man Yamata contacts about the information about the Durling Administration?

2. How does the NTSB determine the cause of the Cresta accidents?

3. Why do the President and Ryan go to Moscow soon after Kimberly Norton's death?

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

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

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