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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the state of the Middle-East when the novel begins?
(a) It is relatively peaceful, many nations have non-aggression pacts.
(b) It is rife with sectarian and racial violence.
(c) The Islamic sects are splitting apart.
(d) Israel is being forced to cede land to Egypt.

2. When Ryan and the U.S. President are going to Moscow, where is Yamata preparing to send his nuclear weapons?
(a) To an underground facility in Tokyo.
(b) To world capitals.
(c) To terrorist cells.
(d) To missile silos.

3. Why are investors cautious about heavy investment in the U.S. auto industry?
(a) The Trade Reform Act is a short-term force in the market.
(b) The U.S. companies aren't competitive.
(c) The results of the Trade Reform Act are still unclear.
(d) The market is too volatile.

4. What does Ryan do when he learns that the FBI is searching for Kimberly Norton?
(a) He flies to Japan immediately.
(b) He loses his temper.
(c) He orders all other work to stop to help search for her.
(d) He offers to use operatives watching Goto to help.

5. What is the current profession of the man Yamata contacts about the information about the Durling Administration?
(a) Lobbyist.
(b) Investment Banker.
(c) U.S. Senator.
(d) Professor.

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

7. The war games principally involve what type of forces?
(a) Ground.
(b) Naval.
(c) Air.
(d) Amphibious.

8. In a conversation with Ryan, Murray confirms what rumor about Japan?
(a) The zaibatsu are really in control there.
(b) They are building nuclear weapons.
(c) They have an alliance with China.
(d) American women are being lured there.

9. About how much has U.S. military power been reduced from its former capacity?
(a) By 80 percent.
(b) By about one half.
(c) By 20 percent.
(d) By about one third.

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

11. Why is the FBI trying to locate Kimberly Norton?
(a) She may be a spy for Japan.
(b) Her father is the friend of an agent.
(c) She is the daughter of a United States ambassador.
(d) She is a CIA operative.

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

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

14. 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) It is going through a major revolution.
(d) Its navy is threatening Sri Lankan independence.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the CIA operative Chet Nomuri's mission?

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

4. With what nations does Yamata seek secret alliances?

5. What does the Trade Reform Act do?

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