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

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

3. Who leads the push for the Trade Reform Act?
(a) Senator Leon Haney.
(b) Secretary Hatfield.
(c) Representative Al Trent.
(d) Congressman Avery Combs.

4. 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 undergoing final tests.
(c) They are being assembled.
(d) They are being loaded into the missiles.

5. What is the state of Japan when the novel begins?
(a) It cut off all diplomatic relations.
(b) It's government is shaky and could fall to an unfriendly opposition.
(c) It annexed many islands that surround it.
(d) It is militarizing openly and rapidly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yamata intend to do with the new information he has gained about the Durling administration?

2. Who asks Murray to postpone arresting Kealty?

3. What are Clark and Chavez ordered to do just as Kimberly Norton gets killed?

4. What do Ryan and Durling intend to do about Kimberly's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Raizo Yamata's goals?

2. How does Yamata react to the passing of the Trade Reform Act, and how successful is his plan?

3. Who is Admiral Mike Dubro? What is his opinion on events in the Indian Ocean?

4. Describe the first Japanese occupations and landings in the Pacific.

5. How does Chavez get his news of the invasion of Saipan to the U.S. Navy?

6. Why is Ryan considered for the position of National Security Advisor?

7. How effective is the Japanese strike against the U.S. Navy? What are the results of this engagement for the Navy?

8. What kind of software is Yamata developing in America?

9. Why does Yamata think the information he gains about the Durling administration is incriminating?

10. What causes the economic collapse in the U.S.?

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